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    Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn't like truth if it wasn't sticky, if, from time to time, it didn't ooze blood.

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Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are read more

Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem... Problems are like landmarks of progress.

by Scott Alexander Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

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Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

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When we blame, we give away our power.

When we blame, we give away our power.

by Greg Anderson Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and read more

The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

by Lloyd Jones Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either.

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either.

by Jack Benny Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

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Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.

Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.

by Edward M. Forster Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of read more

Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.

by Roger Bacon Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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