"We use concepts like "consciousness"---"mind"---"personality," but we don't really know yet what these things are.' He was shaking his head. 'Not really. Not at all."

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Source : William Peter Blatty (1971). “The Exorcist”

William Peter Blatty

#Personality Quotes #Mind Quotes #Use Quotes

“Has given me no choice but to advocate for the termination of this project.”
“There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.”

Source : 1973 Rembrandt's Hat,'The Man in the Drawer'.
“Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking.”

Source : Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.31, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“I rubbed the contents of one bag onto my upper arm on the evening of June 7, just before I went to bed. I thought: Well, it can't hurt. I flushed the packaging down the toilet.”
“To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.”

Source : Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.286, Simon and Schuster
“Er," Oliver said. "He talks even less than the one Lily married," the crone remarked to Walter. "Though when the mood strikes him, he asks just as many questions as Galem." "I'm sorry," Oliver said weakly. The old woman nodded. "You are forgiven," she pronounced in a queenly tones.”
“It's like you're born with all these blessings, only you don't realize they're blessings until you lose them. And if you're thick-headed enough, like me, you don't even realize you've lost them, not until they come back to you.”
“A little time separates us from those who depart - a time of tears, a time of sadness and solitude; but, that over, we go to rejoin them and to enjoy with them the society of the blessed. Oh, how sweetly the heart rests in this immortal hope!”

Source : Eugénie de Guérin (1866). “Letters”, p.73

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