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Paracelsus

"Some children are born from heaven and others are born from hell, because each human being has his inherent tendencies, and these tendencies belong to his spirit, and indicate the state in which he existed before he was born."

Source : Paracelsus (1918). “The Life and the Doctrines of Philippus Theophrastus, Bombast of Hohenheim Known by the Name of Paracelsus: Extracted and Translated from His Rare and Extensive Works and from Some Unpublished Manuscripts”

Paracelsus

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“Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crowded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists.”
“[ Serialism ] is like a sailless ship, driven out to sea by its captain, who has grown tired of its being used only as a pontoon, and who is privately convinced that by subjecting life aboard to the rules of an elaborate protocol, he will prevent the crew from thinking nostalgically either of their home port or of their ultimate destination....”
“What you love and what you hate reveal what you are.”
“The greatest thing is not to believe in Santa Claus; it is to be Santa Claus.”
“The great advantage of our system of government over all others, is, that we have a written constitution, defining its limits, and prescribing its authorities; and that, however, for a time, faction may convulse the nation, and passion and party prejudice sway its functionaries, the season of reflection will recur, when calmly retracing their deeds, all aberrations from fundamental principle will be corrected.”

Source : Henry Clay (2015). “The Papers of Henry Clay: The Rising Statesman, 1797-1814”, p.537, University Press of Kentucky
“No one can forecast the economy with certainty.”

Source : "Improving Housing Market Driving Economy: Jamie Dimon" by Margo D. Beller, www.cnbc.com. March 28, 2012.
“When I use the camera, I often feel likeI know part of the people or places I come in contact with.”
“In these gaudy times, we think we will shortly reach the point where everything is known, but the fact is we are ignoring the essential, which is love of all living things, of all beauty both visible and hidden.”

"Some children are born from heaven and others are born from hell, because each human being has his inherent tendencies, and these tendencies belong to his spirit, and indicate the state in which he existed before he was born."

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