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“Such statements have also been attributed to Mark Twain , T.S. Eliot , Cicero , and others besides , but this article at Quote Investigator concludes that Pascal's statement is likely the original source of the phrase.”
“On the Art of Persuasion”
“Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ, by commanding his followers to lay down their own lives. Thoughts on Religion and Philosophy (W. Collins, 1838), Ch. XVI, p. 202”
“FEU. Dieu d'Abraham, Dieu d'Isaac, Dieu de Jacob, non des philosophes et savants. Certitude. Certitude. Sentiment. Joie. Paix. FIRE. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and scholars. Certainty. Certainty. Feeling. Joy. Peace.”
“Note on a parchment stitched to the lining of Pascal's coat, found by a servant shortly after his death, as quoted in Burkitt Speculum religionis (1929), p. 150”
“The Misery of Man Without God”
“In order to enter into a real knowledge of your condition, consider it in this image: A man was cast by a tempest upon an unknown island, the inhabitants of which were in trouble to find their king, who was lost; and having a strong resemblance both in form and face to this king, he was taken for him, and acknowledged in this capacity by all the people.”
“Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can't sing, I call a poem. Liner notes , The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan”
“Only Human Driftin' And Learnin'”
“There's no black and white, left and right to me anymore; there's only up and down and down is very close to the ground. And I'm trying to go up without thinking about anything trivial such as politics. They has got nothing to do with it. I'm thinking about the general people and when they get hurt. Address to the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee”
“I am a writer an a singer of the words I write I am no speaker nor any politician an my songs speak for me because I write them in the confinement of my own mind an have t cope with no one except my own self. Letter sent to the ECLC after Dylan received the Tom Paine Award at the Bill of Rights dinner on December 13, 1963, as reported in "Mr. Dylan Regrets" by Niall Stokes, Hot Press”
“Advice for Geraldine on Her Miscellaneous”
“a poem is a naked person . . . some people say that I am a poet Liner notes , Bringing It All Back Home”
“Then I asked this cat,”
“You don't necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in gas stations and they're poets. I don't call myself a poet because I don't like the word. I'm a trapeze artist. Bob Dylan Interview by Nora Ephron & Susan Edmiston”
“I find it easy to write songs. I been writing songs for a long time and the words to the songs aren't written out just for the paper; they're written as you can read it, you dig. If you take whatever there is to the song away”
“Cosmo Listens to Records”
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.”
“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.”
“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
“Don't worry about a thing, cause every little thing gonna be all right.”
“In the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty.”
“Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?”
“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”
“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.”
“You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.”
“I was naturally thoughtful, and the leisure of long illness gave opportunity for many thoughts which were fruitful according to their kind in later years.”
“In my College days I had been Auditor of the Historical Society”
“Do not grieve for her! Who knows, but she may have found the joy she sought? Love and patience are all that make for happiness in this world; or in the world of the past or of the future; of the living or the dead. She dreamed her dream; and that is all that any of us can ask. The Jewel of Seven Stars , Chapter XIX: The Great Experiment”