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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.”

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Book:Thoughts of Blaise Pascal

Source: Thoughts of Blaise Pascal

“The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.”

Art Literature Common Greatness Unique Art Is

Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer

“... the connection between imperial politics and culture is astonishingly direct. American attitudes to American "greatness", to hierarchies of race, to the perils of "other" revolutions (the American revolution being considered unique and somehow unrepeatable anywhere else in the world) have remained constant, have dictated, have obscured, the realities of empire, while apologists for overseas American interests have insisted on American innocence, doing good, fighting for freedom.”

“Every great man is unique.”

Men Inspirational Greatness Unique Excellence Great Men

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“This Memorial Day should remind us of the greatness that past generations of Americans achieved from Valley Forge to Vietnam, and it should inspire us with the determination to keep America great and free by keeping America safe and strong in our own time, a time of unique destiny and opportunity for our Nation.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1974

“That which you or I think is most unique about ourselves we hide. In ordinary discourse, in the normal state, we share our common self, our superficial self. Yet what is most unique about us is what has the greatest potential for bonding us. When we share our uniqueness, we discover the commonality in greatness that defines everyone on the planet.”

Thinking Self States Common Relationship Share Greatness Planets Normal Unique Ordinary Uniqueness Superficial Discourse Bonding Commonality

Author:Robert E. Quinn

“Adolescents sense a secret, unique greatness in thems.elves that seeks expression. They gesture towards the heart when trying to express any of this, a significant clue to the whole affair.”

Trying Heart Whole Secret Greatness Expression Unique Affair Significant Gestures Clue Being Different

Author:Joseph Chilton Pearce

“Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable. i didn't have to become perfect because I've learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.”

Ifs Perfect Enemy Journey Greatness Unique Perfection Embrace Uncomfortable I've Learned My Journey

Author:Janelle Monae