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    Nevertheless, the consuming hunger of the uncritical mind for what it imagines to be certainty or finality impels it to feast upon shadows in the prevailing famine of substance.

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Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.

Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.

by Lord Chesterfield Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

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Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.

by St. Basil Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Death is the tyrant of the imagination.

Death is the tyrant of the imagination.

by Barry Cornwall Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

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You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.

You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.

by Charles Bixton Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Write down the most important things you have to do tomorrow. Now, number them in the order of their true read more

Write down the most important things you have to do tomorrow. Now, number them in the order of their true importance. The first thing tomorrow morning, start working on an item Number 1, and stay with it until completed. Then take item Number the same way. Then Num!, and so on. Don't worry if you don't complete everything on the schedule. At least you will have completed the most important projects before getting to the less important ones.

by Ivy Lee Found in: Existence Quotes,
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The images of the unconscious place a great responsibility upon a man. Failure to understand them, or a shirking of read more

The images of the unconscious place a great responsibility upon a man. Failure to understand them, or a shirking of ethical responsibility, deprives him of his wholeness and imposes a painful fragmentariness on his life.

by Carl Jung Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.

Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.

by Joseph Cook Found in: Existence Quotes,
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