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But this is a remarkable egg, an egg worth talking about, an egg worth crossing the street for, an egg worth writing about.
Desire can't be sated, because if it is, the longing disappears and then we've failed, because desire is the state we seek.
The business of Mr. Bennett's life was to keep his daughters alive. The business of Mrs. Bennett's was to get them married.
The stock market is the story of cycles and of the human behavior that is responsible for overreactions in both directions.
Graham's wonderful sentence as, an investor needs only two things: cash and courage. Having only one of them is not enough.
I find value investing to be a stimulating, intellectually challenging, ever changing, and financially rewarding discipline
It is the church's job, as Dr. [Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state.
Successful Mothers are not the ones that have never struggled. They are the ones that never give up, despite the struggles.
Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
My secret is simple. I have a very short attention span, and writing lots of things fast appeases that very attention span.
Let him be wise, or let me be blind; don't let me, she hoped concretely, don't let me know too surely what he thinks of me.
A person never knows their own true face. Everybody thinks that the phoney, posed social mask they wear is their real face.
A leader should not take credit when things go right if they are not willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong.
The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won't work or can't happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.
Leaders, whatever the size of their organizations, are those willing to put the interests of other people before their own.
Trust doesn't develop from always doing the right thing. Trust comes from taking responsibility when we do the wrong thing.
The value of networking is not measured by the number of people we meet but by the number of people we introduce to others.
A company and leaders of the company have the responsibility of the precious lives of all the human beings that work there.
What shocks me is people who have no expertise championing a view that runs counter to the mainstream scientific consensus.
Expand your inner circle to include those who can challenge your thinking and escalate you to unreached heights of success.
We're not here to get over our humanness, but rather to accept and make peace with it... and to remember our Divine nature.
I do not really write for children: I write only for me and for the few people I hope to please, and I write for the story.
I had gone to Oxford to read music. I had done music all my life, but when I got to college I didn't want to do it anymore.
Women who are stunningly beautiful are women who... love truly and honestly without demanding that they be loved in return.
When you give government the power to control the money supply, it grows like a tumor until it extinguishes society itself.
My heart only ever had one thought, one want. One need. Despite all, in spite of all...All my heart has ever wanted is you.
I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.
People don't listen to understand. They listen to reply. The collective monologue is everyone talking and no one listening.
It is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.
Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.
If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will.
Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.
and now, all these years later, it seem to him that the most horrible fact of human existence was that broken hearts mended
She had never dreamed there could be so much pain in a life when there was nothing physically wrong. She hurt all the time.
Anyone who thinks impressions of old movie actors is funny absolutely cannot be trusted. I think it's like a law of nature.
As long as Iran believes that its security will be increased by having a nuclear program, it's going to pursue its program.
Fidgeting and boredom are the symptoms of fear of emptiness, which we try to fill up with whatever we can lay our hands on.
Batterers aren't renowned for taking responsibility for their abusiveness, Sam. They tend to shed blame like a snake molts.
We are all human magnets. Our deeds, attitudes and thoughts attract in kind. Gets back with interest exactly what he sends.
Planning is the mother of almost every other ability. Make your plan and set a timetable for its accomplishment in writing.
The reasons there are so many clichés about universes inside of dewdrops is because there are universes inside of dewdrops.
I wrote in the War of Art that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.
I had always been an enthusiastic reader of stuff about ancient Greece. I would read Herodotus and Thucydides just for fun.
Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough for people.
If you are a Christian, you want to give as much as you can away. It sounds pious, but it's not a duty; it's a kind of joy.
I'd be the last person in the world to deny that there are many people for whom faith is - can be a great sustaining force.
...boredom is all about perception. It's a self-diagnosis, plain and simple. If you don't realize you're bored, you're not.
If the only way you can build an emergency fund is to pay the minimum due on your credit card, that is what you need to do.
To make the most of your money, I recommend sticking with mutual funds that don't charge a commission when you buy or sell.
Pay off your mortgage before retirement, and that's one less bill you'll have to worry about when you're on a fixed income.