Quotes
Authors
Mark Akenside

"The immortal mind, superior to his fate, amid the outrage of external things, firm as the solid base of this great world, rests on his own foundation. Blow, ye winds! Ye waves! ye thunders! roll your tempests on! Shake, ye old pillars of the marble sky! Till at its orbs and all its worlds of fire be loosen'd from their seats; yet still serene, the unconquer'd mind looks down upon the wreck; and ever stronger as the storms advance, firm through the closing ruin holds is way, when nature calls him to the destin'd goal."

Source : Mark Akenside, “The Pleasures Of Imagination: Book The Second”

Mark Akenside

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“Follow the wandering, the distraction, find out why the mind has wandered; pursue it, go into it fully. When the distraction is completely understood, then that particular distraction is gone. When another comes, pursue it also.”
“One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron.”
“I saw the Count lying within the box upon the earth, some of which the rude falling from the cart had scattered over him. He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew so well.”
“I agree that we should regard all books of the Bible as equally inspired - and important. But some come into sharp focus at certain times, as particularly relevant and sharp in what they have to say to our culture at any given moment of history. And Jeremiah is a book for our times.”

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“The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers.”
“It's common platitude that knowledge is neutral but every now and then it would be useful if it was on your side and not theirs.”
“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”
“One of the surprising things I hadn't expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in front of the public. Some writers aren't comfortable with that. I don't have a problem with that.”

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