“ Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is at their heels. ”
- Bertolt Brecht- Copy
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“ We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing. ”
- Georg C. Lichtenberg- Copy
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“ Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive. ”
- Kirk Douglas- Copy
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“ We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour. ”
- Douglas Hurd- Copy
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“ There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery. ”
- Dante Alighieri- Copy
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“ I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease, observing a spear of summer grass. ”
- Walt Whitman- Copy
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“ Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. ”
- Henry Louis Mencken- Copy
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“ An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. ”
- H. L. Mencken- Copy
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“ On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points. ”
- Virginia Woolf- Copy
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“ Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how. ”
- Thomas Merton- Copy
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“ If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation. ”
- Dorothee Soelle- Copy
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“ Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life. ”
- David McCord- Copy
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“ Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter. ”
- Alma Guillermoprieto- Copy
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“ The successful men of action are not sufficiently self-observant to know exactly on what their success depends. ”
- Joseph Jacobs- Copy
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“ The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive. ”
- V. S. Pritchett- Copy
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“ Opportunities? They are all around us… There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it. ”
- Orison S. Marden- Copy
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