Greater Quotes - Page 36

• In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion; the more intelligent, the less sane.

  George Orwell

  Intelligent, Understanding, Delusion

  George Orwell (1961). “1984”

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• There is an efficiency inspired by love which goes far beyond and is much greater than the efficiency of ambition; and without love, which brings an integrated understanding of life, efficiency breeds ruthlessness.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  War, Ambition, Understanding

  "Education and the Significance of Life".

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• In short, there are mysteries of science and of soul that will never be understood no matter how hard we measure, no matter how strongly we believe, no matter how deep our think tanks and how high our aspirations. But as anyone will tell you—for we all know this within our hearts—the impossible happens and grand cosmic mysteries are solved on a regular basis, although most of the time the solutions lead to even greater mysteries.

  Neal Shusterman

  Believe, Heart, Thinking

  Neal Shusterman (2011). “Neal Shusterman's Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost; Everwild; Everfound”, p.970, Simon and Schuster

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• When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. Some of you say, "Joy is greater than sorrow," and others say, "Nay, sorrow is the greater." But I say unto you, they are inseparable. Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed. Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.

  Khalil Gibran

  Heart, Joy, Sorrow

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• No religion I ever encountered made any sense. None are consistent. Most gods are megalomaniacs and paranoid psychotics by their worshippers' description. I don't see how they could survive their own insanity. But it's not impossible that human beings are incapable of interpreting a power so much greater than themselves. Maybe religions are twisted and perverted shadows of truth. Maybe there are forces which shape the world. I myself have never understood why, in a universe so vast, a god would care about something so trivial as worship or human destiny.

  Glen Cook

  Destiny, Insanity, Shadow

  "The White Rose". Book by Glen Cook, 1985.

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• I tried to be a better person for her– but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when I’m around you, I want to be better because… well, because it feels right. Because I want to. You make me want to become something greater than myself. I want to excel. You inspire me in every act, every word, every glance. I look at you, and you’re like… like light made into flesh. […] You have no clue how beautiful you are or how brightly you shine.

  Richelle Mead

  Beautiful, Light, Shining

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• when all of life becomes crowded with profound and weighty matters, making time to engage in trivial things becomes an even greater priority.

  Galen Beckett

  Profound, Priorities, Matter

  Galen Beckett (2012). “The Master of Heathcrest Hall”, p.92, Spectra

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• I think Nature's imagination is so much greater than man's, she's never gonna let us relax!

  Richard P. Feynman

  Men, Thinking, Imagination

  "The Quotable Feynman".

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• Then as now, evil begins its courtship cloaked in light. And the heart embraces what is should flee. Forgetting it once had a true lover. Love will prove greater than lust. Sacrifice will overcome seduction. And blood will flow.

  Ted Dekker

  Heart, Sacrifice, Light

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• The fact is that nothing is more difficult to believe than the truth; conversely, nothing seduces like the power of lies, the greater the better. It's only natural, and you will have to find the right balance. Having said that, let me add that this particular old woman hasn't been collecting only years; she has also collected stories, and none sadder or more terrible than the one she's about to tell you. You have been at the heart of this story without knowing it until today.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Lying, Believe, Heart

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• Good and Evil are opposite points on a circle, Dr. Chiver. Greater good is just halfway back to Bad.

  Sheri Holman

  Opposites, Circles, Evil

  Sheri Holman (2010). “The Dress Lodger”, p.266, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail

  John Green

  Teenage, Alaska, Teens

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.161, Penguin

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• A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Men, Succeed

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.133, Shambhala Publications

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• The charged life, then, usually calls to us after we have done what we were supposed to do, become who we thought we were supposed to be, lived as we thought we were supposed to live. Then the safety and comfort and compromise get to us, and a stirring of restlessness and revolution sends us off in search of greater adventures and meaning. From THE CHARGE

  Brendon Burchard

  Adventure, Safety, Comfort

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• A comfort zone can be a mental state:Belief in God is a lot of peoples's comfort zone. Dont get me wrong, I'm not knocking faith; I just dont think you should have it because it makes you feel safe. I think you should have it because you do. Because somewhere deep inside you, you know beyond equivocating that something greater, wiser and infinitely more loving than we're capable of understanding has a vested interested in the universe, in the way things turn out. Because you can feel that, as much as the forces of darkness might try to gain the upper hand, there is an Upper Hand.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Thinking, Hands, Should Have

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• Once I opened my mind to the concept of a greater power, I never struggled with it. Everywhere I went, I felt and saw the existence of a creative intelligence in this universe, of a loving power larger than myself in nature, in people, everywhere.

  Anthony Kiedis

  People, Creative, Mind

  Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman (2004). “Scar Tissue”, p.255, Hachette UK

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• As naturally as the ruled always took the morality imposed upon them more seriously than did the rulers themselves, the deceived masses are today captivated by the myth of success even more than the successful are. Immovably, they insist on the very ideology which enslaves them. The misplaced love of the common people for the wrong which is done to them is a greater force than the cunning of the authorities.

  Theodor Adorno

  Successful, People, Done

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• Redemption from sin is greater then redemption from affliction.

  Daniel Defoe

  Redemption, Affliction, Sin

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• Given the scale of life in the cosmos, one human life is no more than a tiny blip. Each one of us is a just visitor to this planet, a guest, who will only stay for a limited time. What greater folly could there be than to spend this short time alone, unhappy or in conflict with our companions? Far better, surely, to use our short time here in living a meaningful life, enriched by our sense of connection with others and being of service to them.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Meaningful, Unhappy

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• The Lord of Light in his wisdom made us male and female, two parts of a greater whole. In our joining there is power. Power to make life. Power to make light. Power to cast shadows.

  George R. R. Martin

  Light, Two, Shadow

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.440, Bantam

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• We are greater than the sum of our parts.

  John Green

  Life, Teenage, Alaska

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.161, Penguin

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• There's a truth deeper than experience. It's beyond what we see, or even what we feel. It's an order of truth that separates the profound from the merely clever, and the reality from the perception. We're helpless, usually, in the face of it; and the cost of knowing it, like the cost of knowing love, is sometimes greater than any heart would willingly pay. It doesn't always help us to love the world, but it does prevent us from hating the world. And the only way to know that truth is to share it, from heart to heart, just as Prabhakar told it to me, just as I'm telling it to you now.

  Gregory David Roberts

  Clever, Hate, Heart

  "Shantaram". Book by Gregory David Roberts, 2003.

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• That's what love is. It's some power greater than you and me, that draws us to one special person

  Jodi Picoult

  Love Is, Special, Draws

  Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.90, Simon and Schuster

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• With the advent of winter, her eyes seemed to take on a greater transparency, a transparency that lead nowhere. Occassionally, for no particular reason, Naoko would gaze into my eyes as if searching for something. Each time I was filled with odd sensations of lonliness and inadequecy.

  Haruki Murakami

  Eye, Winter, Advent

  Haruki Murakami (1989). “Norwegian Wood”

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• There were people who read and there were the others. Whether you were the a reader or a non-reader was soon apparent. There was no greater distinction between people.

  Pascal Mercier

  People, Distinction, Reader

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