Easiness Quotes

• Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

  David Hume

  Philosophy, Philosophical, Government

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• In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

  George Herbert

  Humor, Talking, Conversation

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• Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence, the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature, And either master the devil or throw him out With wondrous potency.

  William Shakespeare

  Nature, Night, Devil

  William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers (1862). “The Complete Works of Shakespeare: With a Memoir”, p.613, Prabhat Prakashan

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• It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.

  Donatella Versace

  Confidence, Self Esteem, Believe

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• [In the Royal Society, there] has been, a constant Resolution, to reject all the amplifications, digressions, and swellings of style: to return back to the primitive purity, and shortness, when men deliver'd so many things, almost in an equal number of words. They have exacted from all their members, a close, naked, natural way of speaking; positive expressions; clear senses; a native easiness: bringing all things as near the Mathematical plainness, as they can: and preferring the language of Artizans, Countrymen, and Merchants, before that, of Wits, or Scholars.

  Thomas Sprat

  Men, Numbers, Expression

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• It is easy to acknowledge, but almost impossible to realize for long, that we are mirrors whose brightness, if we are bright, is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Sunshine, Reflection

  C. S. Lewis (1971). “The Four Loves”, p.143, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The hard must become habit. The habit must become easy. The easy must become beautiful.

  Doug Henning

  Inspirational, Beautiful, Work

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• Use almost can change the stamp of nature.

  William Shakespeare

  Use, Habit, Potency

  William Shakespeare (1851). “Dictionary of Shakespearian quotations: Exhibiting the most forcible passages illustrative of the various passions, affections and emotions of the human mind”, p.158

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• Faith makes all things possible... love makes all things easy.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Love, Inspirational, Good Morning

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• Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat; Of habits devil, is angel yet in this.

  William Shakespeare

  Angel, Devil, Monsters

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 4, l. 160

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• There is an easiness in salvation which is more difficult to us than all our efforts.

  Simone Weil

  Effort, Salvation, Difficult

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  Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.

  David Hume

  Philosophical, Passion, Eye

  David Hume (2010). “Moral and Political Philosophy”, p.406, Simon and Schuster

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• Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

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• Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it. In my day I was told women didn't go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn't.

  Gertrude B. Elion

  Motivational, Fear, Women

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• Any kind of creative activity is likely to be stressful. The more anxiety, the more you feel that you are headed in the right direction. Easiness, relaxation, comfort - these are not conditions that usually accompany serious work.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Creative, Anxiety, Relaxation

  "Joyce Carol Oates Interviews Herself". www.washingtonpost.com. September 13, 2013.

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• Sigh... I have learned that *everything* is so hard...except what Allah makes easy. So we must *beg* Him to make it easy on us.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  God, Prayer, Islamic

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• Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

  Byron Katie

  Life, Positive, Wisdom

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• When we trust ourselves, ascents become descents, difficulties turn into easinesses, rocks transform into sands and swords into melting candles!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Rocks, Melting, Ascent

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• Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery That aptly is put on. Refrain tonight, And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence; the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

  William Shakespeare

  Angel, Giving, Devil

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 4, l. 160

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• No weakness of the human mind has more frequently incurred animadversion, than the negligence with which men overlook their own faults, however flagrant, and the easiness with which they pardon them, however frequently repeated.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, Mind, Weakness

  Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”, p.268

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• Let my life as Poet begin. I want the life of the Poet. I have labored for over twelve years, one thousand pages of prose. Now, I want the easiness of poetry. The brevity of the poem.

  Maxine Hong Kingston

  Years, Twelve, Want

  Maxine Hong Kingston (2009). “To Be the Poet”, p.3, Harvard University Press

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• Perhaps there is no greater test of a man's regularity and easiness of conscience than his readiness to face the postman. Blessed is he who is made happy by the sound of a rat-tat! The good are eager for it; but the naughty tremble at the sound thereof.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Blessed, Men, Naughty

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2015). “The History of Pendennis: Christie's Collections”, p.537, 谷月社

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• Show me an 'easy person,' and I will show you a selfish one. Good-natured he may be; why not? since the disastrous consequences of his 'easiness' are generally shouldered by other people.

  Fanny Fern

  Selfish, People, Why Not

  Fanny Fern (2015). “Ginger-Snaps”, p.114, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• There is a quality of lightness, easiness, and in some sense blatant unseriousness that pervades Classical Christianity's dialogue with modernity. The Christian intellect has no reason to be intimidated in the presense of later-stage modernity. Christianity has seen too many 'modern eras' to be cowed by this one.

  Thomas Oden

  Christian, Quality, Eras

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• So we see, brethren and sisters that the words of Christ can be a personal Liahona for each of us, showing us the way. Let us now be slothful because of the easiness of the way. Let us in faith take the words of Christ into our minds and into our hearts as they are recorded in sacred scripture and as they are uttered by living prophets, seers, and revelators. Let us with faith and diligence feast upon the words of Christ, for the words of Christ will be our spiritual Liahona telling us all things what we should do.

  W. Rolfe Kerr

  Spiritual, Heart, Mind

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