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philosophical passion emotion
I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature Baruch Spinoza
philosophical adversity doubt
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over. Arthur Schopenhauer
philosophical willpower minus
Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.
philosophical pages hegel
In every page of David Hume, there is more to be learned than from Hegel's, Herbart's and Schleiermacher's complete philosophical works.
philosophical games good-years
You have good games, you have bad games. You have good years, you have bad years. I have always been kind of philosophical about that. Steve Nash
philosophical animal tree
The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds. Plato
philosophical age action
Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.
philosophical greatest-victory shameful
To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
philosophical giving gold
All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
writing important scene
I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them. Brandon Sanderson
writing habit latter
I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter. Barbara Mertz
writing should more-money
A writer should say to himself, not, How can I get more money?, but How can I reach more readers (without lowering standards)? Brian Aldiss
writing way better-person
the only way to become a better writer is to become a better person. Brenda Ueland
writing exercise perspective
The writing of an assay-type poem or a poem investigating perspective isn't an exercise of rational or strategic mind. Poems for me are acts of small or large desperation. They grapple with surfaces too steep to walk in any other way, yet which have to be traveled. Jane Hirshfield
writing sitting-still wish
I wish I could write while I'm on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still. Jami Attenberg
writing emotional historical-novels
I've been told by people who write historical novels that you just sort of write the emotional truth first, the story at the core, and then you go back and research it at the end.
writing important eternal
Write only of what is important and eternal. Anton Chekhov
writing intelligent men
If an intelligent, educated, and healthy man begins to complain of his lot and go down-hill, there is nothing for him to do but to go on down until he reaches the bottom--there is no hope for him. Where could my salvation come from? How can I save myself? I cannot drink, because it makes my head ache. I never could write bad poetry. I cannot pray for strength and see anything lofty in the languor of my soul. Laziness is laziness and weakness weakness. I can find no other names for them. I am lost, I am lost; there is no doubt of that.
smoking global-warming cigarette
Cigarette smoking is a significant contributor to global warming! Al Gore
smoking challenges quitting
You can quit smoking, and never have to have a cigarette again to survive. But with food, it is a daily challenge.
smoking support total
I do not support a total smoking ban. Mike Marsden