Thomas Carlyle Quotes
The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only.
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The new meaning of soul is creativity and mysticism. These will become the foundation of the new psychological type and with him or her will come the new civilization.
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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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Religion is the search for ultimate meaning.
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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I know the true meaning of getting by by the skin of my teeth; I do. It doesn't matter whether you've got money or you haven't, whether you're famous or not. This is the case for all women, actually; you have to carry on. You always have to carry on. And you can, because you have to.
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When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
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When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements.
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I do not want to be a robot, a cog in society who answers 'yes' because 'yes' is considered the appropriate answer. Neither do I want to be a protestor. I just want to seek out what lies underneath the veils of politeness and programming that I've been given as a person in this society.
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What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.
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And remember, it's also very funny, because side by side with grief lies joy.
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At pivotal moments throughout history, there have always been grey areas, and there likely will be in the future. Courage now lies not in the black and white, as in the past, but in the grey.
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Each solstice is a domain of experience unto itself. At the Summer Solstice, all is green and growing, potential coming into being, the miracle of manifestation painted large on the canvas of awareness. At the Winter Solstice, the wind is cold, trees are bare and all lies in stillness beneath blankets of snow.
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Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? Is life no more with noble meaning fraught?
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The creative process lies not in imitating, but in paralleling nature - translating the impulse received from nature into the medium of expression, thus vitalizing this medium. The picture should be alive, the statue should be alive, and every work of art should be alive.
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And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floorShall be lifted - nevermore!
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The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.
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We reveal more of ourselves in the lies we tell than we do when we try to tell the truth.
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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
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Nine English traditions out of ten date from the latter half of the nineteenth century.
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The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only.
