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• One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds.

  Frank Zappa

  Philosophical, Agreement, People

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• A good mother loves fiercely but ultimately brings up her children to thrive without her. They must be the most important thing in her life, but if she is the most important thing in theirs, she has failed.

  Erin Kelly

  Mother, Children, Important

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• When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

  Rumi

  Spiritual, Integrity, Moving

  Rumi (2014). “'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian”, p.106, Lulu.com

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• Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Past

  "Teachers of Wisdom". Book by Igor Kononenko, p. 134, 2010.

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• Guilt starts as a feeling of failure.

  Frank Herbert

  Feelings, Guilt

  Frank Herbert (2012). “Dune: The Gateway Collection”, p.288, Hachette UK

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• I have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door. It opens. I've been knocking from the inside.

  Rumi

  Spiritual, Doors, Insanity

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• Your brain may give birth to any technology, but other brains will decide whether the technology thrives. The number of possible technologies is infinite, and only a few pass this test of affinity with human nature.

  Robert Wright

  Technology, Numbers, Giving

  Robert Wright (2001). “Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny”, p.37, Vintage

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• All life on Earth is subject to the rumbles and rockings of the parent stucture which has no control over the disastrous effects of its stresses and strains on whatever thrives on its surface. The ambitions and dreams of men are irrelevant to this planetary giant which pursues its own way in its own manner. Man is its child, tenant and still, to this date, its captive.

  Jack Kirby

  Dream, Children, Stress

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• Stupidity—The top of the list for Satanic Sins. The Cardinal Sin of Satanism. It’s too bad that stupidity isn’t painful. Ignorance is one thing, but our society thrives increasingly on stupidity. It depends on people going along with whatever they are told. The media promotes a cultivated stupidity as a posture that is not only acceptable but laudable. Satanists must learn to see through the tricks and cannot afford to be stupid.

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Stupid, Ignorance, Media

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• Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

  Howard Zinn

  Patriotism, Mob Rule, Form

  "Dissent In Pursuit Of Equality, Life, Liberty And Happiness: An Interview With Historian Howard Zinn". Interview with Sharon Basco, July 3, 2002.

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• I love producing. I am loving doing that. I think that is my most natural space in the business. I just love producing or editing and that's where I thrive.

  Will Smith

  Love, Thinking, Editing

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• The further a device is removed from human control, the more authentically mechanical it seems, and the whole trend in technology has been to devise machines that are less and less under direct human control and more and more under their own apparent will.

  Isaac Asimov

  Technology, Hands, Independence

  "Past, Present, and Future".

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• Perfectionism doesn't believe in practice shots. It doesn't believe in improvement. Perfectionism has never heard that anything worth doing is worth doing badly--and that if we allow ourselves to do something badly we might in time become quite good at it. Perfectionism measures our beginner's work against the finished work of masters. Perfectionism thrives on comparison and competition. It doesn't know how to say, "Good try," or "Job well done." The critic does not believe in creative glee--or any glee at all, for that matter. No, perfectionism is a serious matter.

  Julia Cameron

  Jobs, Believe, Practice

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• He and I had a bridge that no one else traveled that made us artistic lovers, passionate without a touch of the flesh. He made me thrive, and valuing that, I could do nothing that would endanger it.

  Susan Vreeland

  Bridges, Passionate, Flesh

  Susan Vreeland (2011). “Clara and Mr. Tiffany: A Novel”, p.226, Random House

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• They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to pass on its genetic code, to thrive in a new form. They hadn’t anticipated its will to live.

  Suzanne Collins

  Brain, Form, Code

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.92, Scholastic Inc.

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• Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too little solitude can impact faith. For that matter, so can a bout of hunger or overwork, anything carried to an extreme. Faith thrives on routine. Look at any monastery and you will see that. Faith keeps on keeping on.

  Julia Cameron

  Impact, Solitude, Routine

  Julia Cameron (2009). “Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance”, p.73, Penguin

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• Relationships are like Rome -- difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love.

  Helen Keller

  Relationship, Soulmate, Fall

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• Kahlan guide me. Kahlan teach me. Kahlan protect me. In your light I thrive. In your mercy I am sheltered. In your wisdom I am humbled. I live only to love you. My life is yours.

  Terry Goodkind

  Love You, Light, Life Is

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Wizard's First Rule”, p.597, Head of Zeus

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• Pride and resentment are not indigenous to the human heart; and perhaps it is due to the gardener's innate love of the exotic that we take such pains to make them thrive".

  Hope Mirrlees

  Pain, Heart, Pride

  Hope Mirrlees (2012). “Lud-in-the-Mist”, p.125, F+W Media, Inc.

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• Doubt is the origin of wisdom

  Rene Descartes

  Doubt, Aries

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• In the land of badass, you’ve just been trumped. If Dark-Hunters had inmates, these would be they. Known as the Dogs of War because that’s what they thrive on, they’re cold-blooded and intolerant. Congratulations, bud, these are your new protectors. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dog, Badass, War

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Dream Warrior”, p.302, Macmillan

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• There’s only one question that matters, Ms. Lane, and it’s the one you never get around to asking. People are capable of varying degrees of truth. The majority spend their entire lives fabricating an elaborate skein of lies, immersing themselves in the faith of bad faith, doing whatever it takes to feel safe. The person who truly lives has precious few moments of safety, learns to thrive in any kind of storm. It’s the truth you can stare down stone-cold that makes you what you are. Weak or strong. Live or die. Prove yourself. How much truth can you take, Ms. Lane?

  Karen Marie Moning

  Strong, Lying, People

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.864, Dell

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• Sedentary culture is the goal of civilization. It means the end of its lifespan and brings about its corruption.

  Ibn Khaldun

  Mean, Civilization, Goal

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• Instead of being a student of a (given) field, I would like you to be the field.

  Jacob Barnett

  Fields, Students, Like You

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• One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression. Patriotism becomes the order of the day, and those who question the war are seen as traitors, to be silenced and imprisoned.

  Howard Zinn

  War, Expression, Order

  Howard Zinn (2001). “Howard Zinn on War”, p.171, Seven Stories Press

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