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Ernest Bramah

"The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place."

Source : Ernest Bramah (2016). “The Complete Works of Ernest Bramah (Including Max Carrados Mysteries & Kai Lung Fantasy Series): The Secret of the League, The Coin of Dionysius, The Game Played In the Dark, The Bravo of London, The Tilling Shaw Mystery, The Secret of Dunstan's Tower, The Missing Witness Sensationäó_”, p.1330, e-artnow

Ernest Bramah

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“One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.”
“To overcome adverse circumstances, you have to learn to overcome your own hang-ups, values, and idiosyncrasies in order to value other people, cultures, and ideas.”
“We did a 60 page book in one day. She's one of the most photogenic, easy to shoot, inspiring, extraordinary people in front of the camera who I've ever photographed. Yes Taylor Swift has it all. My goodness that girl has it all, what can I say she's extraordinary.”
“Itâ€™s time to write dangerous music. Itâ€™s time to take risks. Itâ€™s time to wear your heart on your sleeve, and sing about the things that actually matter to you. Itâ€™s time to bury the shackles of religious expectation and stop trying to put new clothes on the dead.”
“It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.”
“The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible.”

Source : Virginia Henderson (1991). “The Nature of Nursing: A Definition and Its Implications for Practice, Research, and Education : Reflections After 25 Years”, ABRAMS
“We are living longer, and we need to live better.”
“I don't act; I react.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

"The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place."

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