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«From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.»
«If God creates a world of particles and waves, dancing in obedience to mathematical and physical laws, who are we to say that he cannot make use of those laws to cover the surface of a small planet with living creatures?»
Author: Martin Gardner
(Calligrapher, Mathematician, Scientist)
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«For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.»
Author: Paula Cole
| About:
Anger,
Compassion,
Music,
Pain
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Back to, compassion, humble, luck, luck it, on the spot, spot, surface, tender, to that, vehicle
«Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.»
Author: Albert Schweitzer
(Missionary, Musician, Philosopher, Theologian)
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heaved, heaves, heaving, hove, ocean, surface, surface of, The wave
«Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find.»
Author: Colin Powell
| About:
Appearance
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appearances, below, shrink, shrinks, shrink from, surface
«Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?»
Author: Marquis De Sade
(Novelist)
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«It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.»
«My upbringing made me as I am now. But I can become merry and happy at once. There were many years I was feeling at a loss about my life or how I grew up. I couldn't understand what is right or what is precious. At that time, I was so miserable and self-defeating. I was feeling angry with various things. My anger came up to the surface then. I don't say such tendency has disappeared. Even now there are anger and the dark side in myself. But it's the first time I've been so close to the light.»
Author: Johnny Depp
(Actor)
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