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Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries a

Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, he wants to reestablish them. Ignorance irritates him and knowledge cloys. – Amiel, Journal, 1884

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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. – St.Augustine

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The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live. – Nicolas Chamfort

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My own experience is that everybody is born with a certain talent, and unless he lives that talent to its fullest, something in him will remain missing. He will go on feeling that somehow something is not there that should be. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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There are people who live their whole lives on the default settings, never realizing you can customize. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Create your own method. Dont depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you. – Constantin Stanislavski

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Bodies devoid of mind are as statues in the market place. – Euripides

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People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird. – Donald Knuth

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Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, which will itself need reforming. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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