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Quote by David O. McKay

“Trust is greater than love.”

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David O. McKay was a renowned author, born on September 8, 1873, and passed away on January 18, 1970. His works spanned across religious, philosophical, and literary fields, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“What a gulf between impression and expression! That’s our ironic fate—to have Shakespearean feelings and (unless by some billion-to-one chance we happen to be Shakespeare) to talk about them like automobile salesmen or teen-agers or college professors. We practice alchemy in reverse—touch gold and it turns into lead; touch the pure lyrics of experience, and they turn into the verbal equivalents of tripe and hogwash.”

“When a man feels fear without reason, you call him to the attention of a psychiatrist; you are not so careful to protect the meaning, the nature and the dignity of love.”

Men Feels Reason Attention Protect Dignity Careful Psychiatrist

Book:Ayn Rand Reader

Source: Ayn Rand Reader

“Those who tell you that man is unable to perceive a reality undistorted by his senses, mean that they are unwilling to perceive a reality undistorted by their feelings. "Things as they are" are things as perceived by your mind; divorce them from reason and they become "things as perceived by your wishes.”

Men Mind Mean Reason Feelings Reality Wish Perception Divorce Senses Perceive Novelists Unwilling Distortion Famous Women

Book:Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“I cling like a miser to the freedom that disappears as soon as there is an excess of things.”

Disappear Excess Misers

Book:Lyrical and Critical Essays

Source: Lyrical and Critical Essays

“What we can and should change is ourselves: our impatience, our egoism (including intellectual egoism), our sense of injury, our lack of love and forbearance. I regard every other attempt to change the world, even if it springs from the best intentions, as futile.”

Ifs World Should Intellectual Spring Regard Intention Including Changing The World Injury Impatience Egoism Forbearance Lack Of Love Best Intentions

Author:Hermann Hesse

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