"The soul that is within me no man can degrade."

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Frederick Douglass

#Life Quotes #Being Yourself Quotes #Men Quotes

“For many years I was trying to find answers only through books but then I realized that basically, life is about experience and the thing that you have to do is experience life instead of only reading about it. Reading is very important, but it's not enough. After reading, you have to take some decisions in your hands and move forward and be the human being that you are, and then going and meeting people and work.”
“Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.”
“The Tories are now the party of rural areas and Labour essentially is in the big cities”
“[Science] is the literature of God written on the stars-the trees-the rocks-and more important because [of] its marked utilitarian character.”
“It's important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative, and progressive, but these qualities don't necessarily nurture soul. The soul has different concerns, of equal value: downtime for reflection, conversation, and reverie; beauty that is captivating and pleasuring; relatedness to the environs and to people; and any animalâ€™s rhythm of rest and activity.”
“What you do has far greater impact than what you say.”
“It is an excellent sign, that after the cares and labors of the day, you can return to your pious exercises and meditations with undiminished attention.”
“I guess Surrealism has a draw for me because it's an unknown world. It's a world of subconscious. Some things you can't really get your hands on very easily. Things that are kind of nebulous and they feel like they're not completely formed. You have to feel your way through that.”

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