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"There is no violent surface indication of the ecstasy which great thinkers alone enjoy. There is nothing dramatic about it, but there is some subtle light in the eye of the inspired one, or some even more subtle quiet emanation which surrounds the inspired thinker, which tells you that you are in the presence of one who has bridged the gap which separates the mundane world from the world of spirit."
"A menial task which must be mine, that shall I glorify and make an art of it."
"I do not recognize these as defeats. They are but interesting experiences of life. They are valuable stepping stones to success."
"They know how to work without waste of energy. In order to get the best that is within themselves, they learn to eliminate from their thoughts and actions everything which subtracts from their purposes."
"Unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles: infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets."
"There are no secrets of success. Success is doing the things you know you should do. Success is not doing the things you know you should not do."
"We have all our private terrors, our particular shadows, our secret fears. We are afraid in a fear which we cannot face, which none understands, and our hearts are torn from us, our brains unskinned like the layers of an onion, ourselves the last."
"Love remains a secret even when spoken, for only a true lover truly knows that he is loved."
"It would be so much easier if there were a secret password, or handshake. Netherworld, open sesame! Yeah, that didn't work, either."
"Heroism works in contradiction to the voice of mankind and in contradiction, for a time, to the voice of the great and good. Heroism is an obedience to a secret impulse of an individual"
"She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire."
"Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice?"
"A woman can keep one secret the secret of her age."
"The secret to my success has been optimism tempered by anger."
"Listen not to a tale-bearer or slanderer, for he tells thee nothing out of good-will; but as he discovereth of the secrets of others, so he will of thine in turn."
"Successful rebellions always begin in secret."
"Alright, the secret of happiness is simple: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it."
"You know, a lot of people come to me and they say, "Steve, how can you be so fucking funny?" There's a secret to it, it's no big deal. Before I go out, I put a slice of bologna in each of my shoes. So when I'm on stage, I feel funny."
"I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true. We aren't satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams."
"But it does not seem that I can trust anyone,' said Frodo. Sam looked at him unhappily. 'It all depends on what you want,' put in Merry. 'You can trust us to stick with you through thick and thin--to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours--closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo."
