The trouble is that we live far from ourselves and have but little wish to get any nearer to ourselves. Indeed we are running away all the time to avoid coming face to face with our real selves, and we barter the truth for trifles.
ANONYMOUSCivilization is only a pretense; in the crisis, we become mere apes again, forgetting the rational biped of our pretensions and becoming instead the hairy primate at the mouth of the cave, screeching at the enemy, wishing it would go away, fingering the heavy stone that we’ll use the moment it comes close enough.
More Anonymous Quotes
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Ignorance is a fools castle.
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Ask yourself if what you’re doing today will get you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.
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Making excuses burns zero calories per hour.
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If God is for us, who can be against us?
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Three simple rules in life: If you do not go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you do not ask, the answer will always be no. If you do not step forward, you will always be in the same place.
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As Eleanor Roosevelt observed, No one can hurt you without your consent. In the words of Gandhi, They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.
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The magic on you is only magic and will vanish as soon as you are free, but the enchantment of error that you put on me I must wear forever in your eyes. We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream.
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The body achieves what the mind believes.
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Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded.
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You don’t find willpower, you create it.
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You can feel sore tomorrow or you can feel sorry tomorrow. You choose.
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What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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You live, you learn, and you upgrade.
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For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.
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