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«The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. If he loves, it is not to give himself, to blend in fecund union with another being, but to meditate on his love. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are dissipated in futile imaginings, producing nothing external to themselves.»
Author: Emile Durkheim
(Sociologist)
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«The jewel of the soul is priceless, and yet it is being squandered like this, in exchange for a mere shell.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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«The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.»
«The average is the borderline that keeps meremen in their place. Those who step over the line are heroes by the veryact. Go.»
«The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document: it is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of the age»
Author: Woodrow T. Wilson
(President)
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«Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.»