#human spirit

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above paying anybody to do something stupid for money like reality television does - like ambushing people. ↗

— Genevieve Gorder

#above #anybody #design #does #human

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit. ↗

— Edward Abbey

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The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation. ↗

— Walter Pater

#culture #eager #human #human spirit #life

I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn't about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble. ↗

— Anita Roddick

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The main factor in any form of creativeness is the life of a human spirit, that of the actor and his part, their joint feelings and subconscious creation. ↗

— Constantin Stanislavski

#any #creation #creativeness #factor #feelings

Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit. ↗

— Frank Borman

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Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself. ↗

— Robertson Davies

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Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. ↗

— e. e. cummings

#believe #curiosity #delight #experience #human

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit. ↗

— Rita Dove

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