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    The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything. Drops of water, by continually falling, hone their passage through the hardest of rocks but the hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar and leaves no trace behind.

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No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and read more

No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.

by Denis Diderot Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The seeing of objects involves many sources of information beyond those meeting the eye when we look at an object. read more

The seeing of objects involves many sources of information beyond those meeting the eye when we look at an object. It generally involves knowledge of the object derived from previous experience, and this experience is not limited to vision but may include the other senses: touch, taste, smell, hearing, and perhaps also temperature or pain.

by R. L. Gregory Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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You can close your eyes to reality, but not to memories.

You can close your eyes to reality, but not to memories.

by Ralph Marston Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by read more

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.

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Concentrating on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended.

Concentrating on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended.

by Ted W. Engstrom Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The intellect is weak; it has no power except over what is as weak as itself.

The intellect is weak; it has no power except over what is as weak as itself.

by Al-nuri Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

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We hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear those words I say to read more

We hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear those words I say to myself, "That man is a Red, that man is a Communist." You never heard a real American talk in that manner.

by Frank Hague Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Life - a sexually transmitted terminal condition.

Life - a sexually transmitted terminal condition.

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