Quotes of Especial - somelinesforyou

“ The man of character finds an especial attractiveness in difficulty since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

“ The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency. ”

- Margaret Witter Fuller

“ We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ The harsh blows of fate have this especial quality, that however self-perfected we may be, however disciplined, they draw from us the true essence of ourselves. ”

- Victor Hugo

“ So in all these little ways we spin a web, a cocoon, around ourselves. The cocoon becomes nice and snug and comfortable because it is very familiar. We know every little corner of our life; we can even write poetry about it. We may also have ideas about the "great mystery" which religions speak of, which gives our cocoon an especial sense of security: we can worship the great mystery outside of it and feel good about that… ”

- Jeremy W. Hayward
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