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“Evil is easily discovered; there is an infinite variety; good is almost unique. But some kinds of evil are almost as difficult to discover as that which we call good; and often particular evil of this class passes for good. It needs even a certain greatness of soul to attain to this, as to that which is good.”

Needs Kind Soul Certain Evil Difficult Class Greatness Particular Unique Infinite Variety

Book:Thoughts of Blaise Pascal

Source: Thoughts of Blaise Pascal

“Anyone who has the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of [two] facts: first, that of all great writers she is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness; second, that there are twenty-five elderly gentlemen living in the neighbourhood of London who resent any slight upon her genius as if it were an insult to the chastity of their aunts.”

Source: The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1925-1928

“Do you recall, from your childhood on, how very much this life of yours has longed for greatness? I see it now, how from the vantage point of greatness it longs for even greater greatness. That is why it does not let up being difficult, but that is also why it will not cease to grow.”

Doe Grows Difficult Greater Childhood Greatness Cease This Life Recalls Vantage Point

Author:Rainer Maria Rilke

“Scientific greatness is less a matter of intelligence than character; if the scientist refuses to compromise or accept incomplete answers and persists in grappling the most basic and difficult questions.”

Ifs Matter Character Difficult Answers Accepting Greatness Scientist Refuse Compromise Persist Incomplete Grappling Difficult Questions

Author:Albert Einstein

“Human greatness is a rather difficult thing to account for, and more often than not one is mistaken in one's hunches about somebody one has met.”

Humans Difficult Greatness Mets Accounts Mistaken Difficult Things Hunches

Book:I used to believe I had forever, now I'm not so sure

Source: I used to believe I had forever, now I'm not so sure

“Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small. The difficult things in this world must be done while they are easy, the greatest things in the world must be done while they are still small. For this reason sages never do what is great, and this is why they achieve greatness.”

World Stills Reason Done Easy Difficult Plans Achieve This World Greatness Planning Sage Difficult Things Achieve Greatness

Book:The Art of War

Source: The Art of War