Rumi
Poet, Philosopher
"Every leaf that grows will tell you: what you sow will bear fruit, so if you have any sense my friend, don't plant anything but Love."
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Claude Monet
Painter
"All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it."
Elie Wiesel
Writer, Holocaust Survivor
"For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories"
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novelist, Philosopher
"Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again."
Mooji
Spiritual Teacher
"When you can bear your own silence, you are free."
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"All true artists, bear within themselves a deeply rooted and often unconscious desire for transformation."
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"I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided."
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"Either grant me the bliss of the ignorant or give me the strength to bear the knowledge."
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"I bear a charmed life."
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"A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences."
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"No metal can--no, not the hangman's axe--bear half the keenness of thy sharp envy."
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"For the dead and the living, we must bear witness."
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"What is demanded of man is not, as some existential philosophers teach, to endure the meaninglessness of life, but rather to bear his incapacity to grasp its unconditional meaningfulness in rational terms."
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"When you go through a hard period, When everything seems to oppose you, ... When you feel you cannot even bear one more minute, NEVER GIVE UP! Because it is the time and place that the course will divert!"
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"What can be seen on earth points to neither the total absence nor the obvious presence of divinity, but to the presence of a hidden God. Everything bears this mark."
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"Most writers are not quick-witted when they talk. Novelists, in particular, drag themselves around in society like gut-shot bears."
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"For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies."
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"If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided."
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"I'm drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends. (...)"
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"Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly."
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"If you see me in a fight with a bear, pray for the bear."
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"I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to."
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"Nature compels us to recognize the fact of mutual dependence, each life necessarily helping the other lives who are linked to it. In the very fibers of our being, we bear within ourselves the fact of the solidarity of life."
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"Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven."
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"Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can't bear to see it."
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