Antonin Sertillanges Quotes

It is a painful thing to say to oneself: by choosing one road I am turning my back on a thousand others. Everything is interesting; everything might be useful; everything attracts and charms a noble mind; but death is before us; mind and matter make their demands; willy-nilly we must submit and rest content as to things that time and wisdom deny us, with a glance of sympathy which is another act of our homage to the truth.

Antonin Sertillanges

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• Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.

  

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• Robots are good at things that are structured.

  

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• It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

  

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• There's something about wearing clothes that your great-grandmother might have thought were nice that makes you look older.

  

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• If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future.

  

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• Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.

  

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• Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.

  

  H. G. Wells
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• I'm not super into sports.

  

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• When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.

  

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• Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.

  

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• As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

  

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• Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work appears by benefit of some mystical external force. In reality, to be a writer, you have to sit down and write. It's work, and often it's hard work.

  

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• I'm pretty goofy. I really do like to sing and dance in real life. I'm a rhythmic person. I love comedy; I love making people laugh. That's my brand.

  

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• Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.

  

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• Your art is the Holy Ghost blowing through your soul.

  

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• Tupac is taking the message to black kids and a lot of white kids, going 'This shit's happening on the streets.' Well, I'm from a different part of the black community. Why is Orleans Woods in Charleston, South Carolina, less 'valid' than Compton?

  

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• When I die? Fuck it, I wanna go to hell, 'cause I'm a piece of shit. It ain't hard to fuckin' tell.

  

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• I secretly enjoy being alone - hiking alone, skiing alone, walking along the beach alone, going to movies alone. Do not get me wrong, I like sharing my life with other people, but sometimes I really enjoy being as alone as possible.

  

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• Today, currently, business owners can go out and find out if the person they are hiring is eligible to work here or if they are not. We need to think about how we are impacting workers.

  

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• The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray. It is better that one should suffer than that many be corrupted.

  

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• It is a painful thing to say to oneself: by choosing one road I am turning my back on a thousand others. Everything is interesting; everything might be useful; everything attracts and charms a noble mind; but death is before us; mind and matter make their demands; willy-nilly we must submit and rest content as to things that time and wisdom deny us, with a glance of sympathy which is another act of our homage to the truth.

  

  Antonin Sertillanges
  • Truth
  • Road
  • Choosing