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“This doctrine ['that the condition of man cannot be ameliorated, that what has been must ever be, and that to secure ourselves where we are we must tread with awful reverence in the footsteps of our fathers']is the genuine fruit of the alliance between Church and State, the tenants of which finding themselves but too well in their present condition, oppose all advances which might unmask their usurpations and monopolies of honors, wealth and power, and fear every change as endangering the comforts they now hold.”

Source: Jefferson: Writings

“I don't like honors. ... I've already got the prize: the prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out, the kick in the discovery, the observation that other people use it. Those are the real things.”

People Real Use Pleasure Honor Findings Discovery Observation Kicks Prize Real Things

Book:The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

Source: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

“Peter Kubelka is the perfectionist of the film medium; and, as I honor that quality above all others at this time finding such a lack of it now elsewhere, I would simply like to say: Peter Kubelka is the world's greatest filmmaker - which is to say, simply: see his films!...by all means/above all else...etcetera.”

World Mean Film Quality Honor Findings Mediums Filmmaker Peter Elsewhere Perfectionist Etcetera

Author:Stan Brakhage

“Sometimes I imagine a surveyor 100 years from now reading my plan, retracing my boundaries, and finding the monuments that I set. It's an honor to make a mark in history like that.”

Years Sometimes Reading Imagine Plans Honor Findings Mark Boundaries Monument Surveyors

Author:Mark Mason

“There is a way of losing that is finding. When soul overmasters sense. When the noble and divine self overcomes the lower self. When duty and honor and love immortal things bid the mortal perish. It is only when a man supremely gives that he supremely finds”

Men Way Giving Soul Self Divine Duty Honor Findings Losing And Love Overcoming Noble Mortals Immortal Duty And Honor

Author:Joshua Chamberlain

“Don’t underestimate this gift of finding a place in the writing world: if you really work at describing creatively on paper the truth as you understand it, as you have experienced it, with the people or material who are in you, who are asking that you help them get written, you will come to a secret feeling of honor.”

People Ifs World Writing Helping Feelings Secret Written Materials Honor Paper Findings Asking Underestimate Describing

Author:Anne Lamott

“I am ashamed every day, and more ashamed the next. But I will spend the rest of my life in this living space writing these notes, this journal, recording my acts and reflections, finding some honor, some worth at the bottom of things. I want ten thousand pages that will stop the world.”

World Want Writing Next Space Honor Thousand Ten Findings Pages Reflection Notes Bottom Ashamed Journal

Book:Cosmopolis: A Novel

Source: Cosmopolis: A Novel

“Choosing with integrity means finding ways to speak up that honor your reality, the reality of others, and your willingness to meet in the center of that large field. It’s hard sometimes.”

Way Mean Sometimes Hard Reality Speak Fields Honor Integrity Findings Willingness Speaking Up

Author:Terry Tempest Williams