Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I was conscious all the time that I was following mad whims without being able to do anything about it … . Despite my alienation from myself at that moment, and even though I was nothing but a battleground for invisible forces, I was aware of every detail of what was going on around me.

Knut Hamsun's Popular Quotes

I love three things," I then say. "I love a dream of love I once had, I love you, and I love this patch of earth." "And which do you love best?" "The…

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An increasing number of people who lead mental lives of great intensity, people who are sensitive by nature, notice the steadily more frequent appear…

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There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think id…

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In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you are incapable of understanding unles…

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In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived.

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But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe.

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Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity.

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Love is every bit as violent and dangerous as murder.

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Do not forget, some give little, and it is much for them, others give all, and it costs them no effort; who then has given most?

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