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«You must be a Lotus, unfolding its petals when the Sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!»
«The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish: it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.»
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
(Author, Novelist)
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benevolent, contemplative, draws, generates, pipe, shuts, The Philosopher, thoughtful, unaffected
«What have we achieved in mowing down mountain ranges, harnessing the energy of mighty rivers, or moving whole populations about like chess pieces, if we ourselves remain the same restless, miserable, frustrated creatures we were before? To call such activity progress is utter delusion. We may succeed in altering the face of the earth until it is unrecognizable even to the Creator, but if we are unaffected wherein lies the meaning?»
Author: Henry Miller
(Author, Writer)
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«With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works.»
Author: Jane Austen
(Novelist, Writer)
| About:
Men and Women
| Keywords:
feature, ladies, please, rational, unaffected, works
«Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
(Philosopher)
| About:
Peace
| Keywords:
circumstances, outside, peace, unaffected
«Through the Guru's Teachings, some embrace love for the Lord, and are saved. They remain detached and unaffected, and they find the Sanctuary of the Lord. They keep death constantly before their eyes; they gather the Provisions of the Lord's Name, and receive honor.»
«People crowd into film shows, rush towards social clubs - spend days together in playing cards - but when they are asked to sing the Glory of God and purify themselves and the atmosphere, they clamor for concession ! When the heads hit against each other in anger, can the feet be steady and unaffected ? They too will kick and trample as maliciously as they can.»
Author: Sri Sathya Sai Baba
(Spiritual leader)
| Keywords:
cards, clubs, concession, concessions, purify, unaffected
«No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may retain entirely unaffected for the better.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
advantage, concrete, entirely, maxims, reservoir, reservoirs, retain, retaining, sentiments, unaffected