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“It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.”
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“The ideal holiday for the truly active man is one doing nothing in beautiful surroundings . . . and the ideal exercise for this best form of leisure is the old, natural, spontaneous movement of the body -- the walk.”
― Essays with a Purpose
― Essays with a Purpose
“This is awful. I don't know what's going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world.”
― Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
― Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
“Sermons seldom convert sinners; they sometimes goad them into more sin.”
― Essays with a Purpose
― Essays with a Purpose
“The three creative prototypes, the scientist, the artist, and the saint, know instinctively, without the help of any mere philosopher, that each must obey an absolute rule of conduct. Three words established and hallowed by usage express the divinities, the values, the supreme aims served respectively by these three kinds of men with an undivided loyalty: truth for the scientist; beauty for the artist; goodness for the saint. The discussion on what these words mean will never end. We must be content with taking note of their clarity as symbols, and of the singular force which animates them and makes of them powerful poles of attraction.”
― Essays with a Purpose
― Essays with a Purpose
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