All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.
Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Thinking begins only when we have come to know that reason, glorified for centuries, is the stiff-necked adversary of thought.
The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” and “Thou shalt not lie” in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.
The solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reason and analysis but first of all by living.
Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
If we are bound to improve, we need not trouble to improve. The pure doctrine of progress is the best of all reasons for not being a progressive.
Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason.
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