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«Only he who can view his own past as an abortion sprung from compulsion and need can use it to full advantage in the present. For what one has lived is at best comparable to a beautiful statue which has had all its limbs knocked off in transit, and now yields nothing but the precious block out of which the image of one's future must be hewn.»
Author: Walter Benjamin
(Essayist, Theologian, Writer)
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abortion, at best, block out, comparable, compulsion, hewing, hewn, in full view, knocked, limbs, sprung, transit, yields
«Like love, courage is no joking matter. If it yields once, it will have to yield again, and again. The same difficulty will have to be conquered later on, and it would have been better to get it over with.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
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again and again, conquered, joking, later on, yields
«Quantum mechanics is very impressive. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory yields a lot, but it hardly brings us any closer to the secret of the Old One. In any case I am convinced that He doesn't play dice»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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closer, convinced, dice, hardly, impressive, in any case, not yet, quantum, real thing, The Real Thing, yields
«Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.»
«Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.»
«Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.»