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It was despairing to find out that I am mortal. ↗

— Magnus Magnusson

#despairing #find #i #i am #mortal

You don't say to a university professor who is immersed in a particular subject that they should get a life. They are encouraged to enjoy their subject and to pass it on. ↗

— Magnus Magnusson

#enjoy #get #get a life #immersed #life

I am a blank slate - therefore I can create anything I want. ↗

— Tobey Maguire

#anything #blank #blank slate #create #i

Inherited Will, The Destiny of the Age, and The Dreams of the People. As long as people continue to pursue the meaning of Freedom, these things will never cease to be!" - Gol D. Roger ↗

— Eiichiro Oda

#dreams #freedom #future #luffy #one-piece

Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind. ↗

— Ramana Maharshi

#consciousness #later #limitations #mind #originally

I'm not helping any of you freaks!" she shouts. "I'm not the Witch of Wayland, you hear me? I'm sick of all you mutants pounding on my door for love spells and all the like! I told you, I don't do that backwoods modern-day, wannabe Wiccafuck stuff! You hear me? ↗

— J.A. Redmerski

#love

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress. ↗

— Ramana Maharshi

#degree #freedom #freedom from #gauge #measures

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#burned #defended #full #history #ideas

The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#arab #arab world #believe #consider #deserve

The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#could #feeling #first #first time #given