T. E. Lawrence Quotes
The desert Arab found no joy like the joy of voluntarily holding back. He found luxury in abnegation, renunciation, self restraint. He made nakedness of the mind as sensuous as nakedness of the body. He saved his own soul, perhaps, and without danger, but in a hard selfishness.

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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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The mind is everything. What you think you become.
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Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
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Waiting for supply-side economics to work is like leaving the landing lights on for Amelia Earhart.
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The desert Arab found no joy like the joy of voluntarily holding back. He found luxury in abnegation, renunciation, self restraint. He made nakedness of the mind as sensuous as nakedness of the body. He saved his own soul, perhaps, and without danger, but in a hard selfishness.