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“We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.”

Knows Philosophy Secret Middle Rounds Rings Clever Secrecy

Author:Robert Frost

“Artur Rubinstein, the famous pianist, was once asked the secret of his success-was it dedication, ability, discipline, hard work? Mr. Rubinstein smiled as he remarked, "It's hard to say, but one thing I do know: if you love life, life will love you back!" What a wonderful insight! That philosophy explains how a man in his eighties can continue to be so creative. For life is simply filled with exciting blessings for everybody. They're ours if we give enough of ourselves to life!”

Source: The joy of living: inspiring and practical writings ...

“Dwellers by the sea cannot fail to be impressed by the sight of its ceaseless ebb and flow, and are apt, on the principles of that rude philosophy of sympathy and resemblance... to trace a subtle relation, a secret harmony, between its tides and the life of man... The belief that most deaths happen at ebb tide is said to be held along the east coast of England from Northumberland to Kent.”

Men Said Philosophy Happens Belief Secret Principles Failing Sea Flow Sight England Relation Harmony East Subtle Tides Impressed Rude Coast Resemblance East Coast Ebb And Flow Dwellers Kent

Author:James G. Frazer

“Our unconscious, then, does not believe in its own death; it behaves as if it were immortal. It knows nothing that is negative; in it contradictories coincide. This may be the secret of heroism.”

Ifs Knows Believe May Doe Art Philosophy Secret History Negative Behave Unconscious Immortal Heroism Contradictory

Author:Sigmund Freud

“The secret of keeping young is to read children's books. You read the books they write for little children and you'll keep young. You read novels, philosophy, stuff like that and it makes you feel old.”

Feels Writing Children Littles Book Philosophy Young Stuff Secret Novel Children's Books

Author:John Cheever

“The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men, leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare time.”

Men Philosophy Secret Leaving Spares Spare Time

Book:The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan

Source: The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan

“until it had been clearly explained that men were always and always partly wrong in all their ideas, life would be full of poison and secret bitterness. Men fight about their philosophies and religions, there is no certainty in them; but their contempt for women is flawless and unanimous.”

Men Ideas Philosophy Would Be Fighting Secret Certainty Poison Bitterness Contempt Flawless Philosophy And Religion

Book:Pilgrimage

Source: Pilgrimage

“The new religion without any secrets is philosophy. The old religion, said Aristotle, is necessary only for the uneducated; Confucius, Buddha, Voltaire and Lessing were of the same opinion.”

Said Philosophy Secret Opinion Uneducated

Author:Artur Phleps

“The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, arises in an indirect manner, and proceeds more from its secret, insensible influence, than from its immediate application.”

Philosophy Results Secret Influence Benefits Arise Chiefs Application Indirect Insensible

Book:Essays and treatises on several subjects: essays, moral, political and literary

Source: Essays and treatises on several subjects: essays, moral, political and literary

“Libertarians secretly worried that ultimately someone will figure out the whole of their political philosophy boils down to “Get Off My Property.” News flash: This is not really a big secret to the rest of us.”

Philosophy Whole Bigs Political Secret Figures News Property Libertarian Worried Flash Political Philosophy

Author:John Scalzi

“There's a very secret plan. And it's a plan that nobody's going to tell you, 'Well, we want to diminish Christian philosophy in the U.S.A. because we want X, Y, and Z.' They'll never ever say that. But I'm kind of surprised they went after Christmas because it's such an emotional issue.”

Want Wells Kind Philosophy Christian Secret Issues Plans Emotional Diminish Christian Philosophy

Author:Bill O'Reilly