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    It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.

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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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I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything read more

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.

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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.

by Achaan Chah Found in: Existence Quotes,
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To choose time is to save time.

To choose time is to save time.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Sentiment is the ripened fruit of fantasy.

Sentiment is the ripened fruit of fantasy.

by Madame Belazy Found in: Existence Quotes,
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The best way to fill time is to waste it.

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

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We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that read more

We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that can be apprehended; in a single being that includes all, above all in the one which is itself the all.

by Giordano Bruno Found in: Existence Quotes,
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There is a point where in the mystery of existence contradictions meet; where movement is not all movement and stillness read more

There is a point where in the mystery of existence contradictions meet; where movement is not all movement and stillness is not all stillness; where the idea and the form, the within and the without, are united; where infinite becomes finite, yet not

by Rabindranath Tagore Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the read more

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

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