Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
"Om is the pointed piece and Dhyâna (meditation) is the friction."
Friction quotes
Friction
20 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Nathanael West
Novelist, Screenwriter
"Like a dead man, only friction could make him warm or violence make him mobile."
Henry David Thoreau
Writer, Philosopher
"Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine."
Henry David Thoreau
Writer, Philosopher
"Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn."
Napoleon Hill
Author, Motivational Speaker
"Our success depends very largely upon how well we negotiate our way through our daily contacts with other people without friction or opposition."
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