"A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else."

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Source : Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales”, p.249, tredition

Ambrose Bierce

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Heaven on Earth is a choice you must make, not a place you must find.”
“My first show at MoMA in New York was pictures of new developments along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. They were housing developments that were brutal in many ways, that cared almost not a thing for the human beings inside. They were just designed to make money.”
“Well, guys are better at mechanical stuff and women are better at emotional stuff.”
“I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it's perfect... As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.”
“There are two ways of forming an opinion. One is the scientific method; the other, the scholastic. To the scientific mind, experimental proof is all-important, and theory is merely a convenience in description, to be junked when it no longer fits. To the academic mind, authority is everything, and facts are junked when they do not fit theory.”
“I have tremendous faith in theuniverse. I feel at home on this planet. Even though it's a very big world out there, I plan on walking right through the middle of it unharmed.”
“We need to be able to set all of the voices aside, and then go to the still, small voice and say, "Show me the truth of this situation."”

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“Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.”

Source : Watchman Nee (1993). “The Finest of the Wheat, vol 2 - Hardcover: Selected Excerpts from the Published Works of Watchman Nee”, p.104, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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