"A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us."

Auden, W. H. on books - reading
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"We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know."

Auden, W. H. on service
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"Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying."

Auden, W. H. on poetry and poets   

"The man who has no imagination has no wings."

Ali, Muhammad on imagination
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"The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales."

Aesop on pain
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"The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others."

Aesop on misfortunes
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"Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life."

Adler, Mortimer J. on books - reading
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"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."

Angelou, Maya on action
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"Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: I'm with you kid. Let's go."

Angelou, Maya on life
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"Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean."

Angelou, Maya on anger
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"It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself."

Ali, Muhammad on confidence
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"Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing Embraceable You in spats."

Allen, Woody on animals
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"The best path through life is the highway."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on direction   

"The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on passion
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"Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on power
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"Common sense is calculation applied to life."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on common sense   

"Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred."

Angelis, Barbara De on love
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"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."

James, William on attitude
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