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"The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do."
"How empty is theory in the presence of fact!"
"Were it not for this [dissatisfaction], the perfect painting might be painted, on the completion of which the painter could retire. It is this great insufficiency that drives him on. The process of creation becomes necessary to the painter perhaps more than it is in the picture. The process is in fact habit-forming."
"A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes."
"In our well-policed society we recognize that an illness is serious from the fact that we don't dare speak of it directly."
"All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact which is obvious in that no one's brain rejects it; for laymen and people who are utterly illiterate know how to count and reckon."
"One can ask why the I has to appear in the cogito {Descartes’ argument “I think therefore I am.}, since the cogito, if used rightly, is the awareness of pure consciousness, not directed at any fact or action. In fact the I is not necessary here, since it is never united directly to consciousness. One can even imagine a pure and self-aware consciousness which thinks of itself as impersonal spontaneity."
"The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy."
"What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive."
"To think is an act. To feel is a fact."
"The fact is that we don't want to be free. What is responsible for our problems is the fear of losing what we have and what we know."
"There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality."
"So, mistletoe, in fact, symbolizes mistletoe."
"As a point of fact, I am not used to making frequent appearances in public, except at times when it is required."
"Go wherever the facts lead."
"The fact is that being seductive is an addiction that can never be satisfied."
"It’s natural to die. The fact that we make such a big hullabaloo over it is all because we don’t see ourselves as part of nature. We think because we’re human we’re something above nature."
"Only a life lived in a certain spirit is worth living. It is a remarkable fact that a life lived entirely from the ego is dull not only for the person himself but for all concerned."
"In order for a service to be social, you've really got to start from the ground up. The fact that almost a third of the U.S. population have even heard of Spotify is really because they've seen it on Facebook and friends have been sharing."
"Your mistake was not in imagining things you could not know—that is, after all, what imagination is for. Rather, your mistake was in unthinkingly treating what you imagined as though it were an accurate representation of the facts."
