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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.

Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence. - B. R. Ambedkar

Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence. B. R. Ambedkar

Mind, Aim, Ultimate

In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity. Erik Erikson

Identity, Alive, Social

As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable. Al Sharpton

Long Way, Undeniable, Our

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. Albert Camus

Freedom, Deal, Very

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence. Paul Auster

Happen, Unexpectedly, Some

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence. - Isaac Newton

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence. Isaac Newton

Alone, Other, Would

Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can't vent any anger against them; I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence. Charles Bukowski

Feel, Against, Vent

A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence. Pam Brown

Dreams, Strong, About

The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. - Jules Verne

The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. Jules Verne

Only, Supernatural

Once something has outlived its usefulness in one area of life, its purpose for being in existence is no longer the same. The leaf that captures a stream of sunlight, and then transfers its energy to the tree, serves one purpose in the spring and summer, and another completely different one through the fall and winter. Guy Finley

Purpose, Through, Usefulness

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. Orison Swett Marden

Nature, Rivers, Glaciers

A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?' We must always consider the person. Pope Francis

Love, Homosexuality, Replied

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. John F. Kennedy

Poetry, Richness, Area

A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water. James Buchan

Water, Almost, Commodity

Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life. Ernie Harwell

Ups And Downs, Like, Downs

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. Carl Jung

Purpose, Sole, Sole Purpose

Oh, I just want what we all want: a comfortable couch, a nice beverage, a weekend of no distractions and a book that will stop time, lift me out of my quotidian existence and alter my thinking forever. Elizabeth Gilbert

Will, Want, Weekend

My eyes are constantly wide open to the extraordinary fact of existence. Not just human existence, but the existence of life and how this breathtakingly powerful process, which is natural selection, has managed to take the very simple facts of physics and chemistry and build them up to redwood trees and humans. Richard Dawkins

Simple, Fact, Very

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore. Cyril Connolly

Success, Harmony, Always

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. Swami Vivekananda

Will, Depend, Whole

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. Norman Vincent Peale

Stress, Inner Peace, Easiest

All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter. Max Planck

Mind, Matter, Behind

A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how.' Viktor E. Frankl

Why, Away, Almost

I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet. I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them. Ulysses S. Grant

Love, Country, However

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails. James Joyce

Artist, Behind, Like

May my soul bloom in love for all existence. - Rudolf Steiner

May my soul bloom in love for all existence. Rudolf Steiner

Love, May, Bloom

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