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All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite.
Charles Sanders Peirce
Charles Sanders Peirce
Charles Sanders Peirce
Born: Sep 10, 1839
Died: Apr 19, 1914

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I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few. Brene Brown
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Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little. Eleanor Roosevelt
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Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness. Leo Tolstoy
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Qualities you need to get through medical school and residency: Discipline. Patience. Perseverance. A willingness to forgo sleep. A penchant for sadomasochism. Ability to weather crises of faith and self-confidence. Accept exhaustion as fact of life. Addiction to caffeine a definite plus. Unfailing optimism that the end is in sight. Khaled Hosseini
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The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity. Paul Tillich
Maturity Awareness Symptom Definite Highest Failures Well Ambiguity Achievements Deepest
Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness. Carl Jung
Darkness Evil Understanding Definite Comprehensible Does Cure Inasmuch Help Cope
I suppose whenever you go through periods of transition, or in a way, it's a very definite closing of a certain chapter of your life - I suppose those times are always going to be both very upsetting and also very exciting by the very nature because things are changing and you don't know what's going to happen. Daniel Radcliffe
Life Nature You Chapter Changing Way Those Definite Both Through Exciting Suppose Know Also Periods Because Always Go Very Times Going Closing Whenever Upsetting Happen Transition Certain Your Things
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice. Arnold J. Toynbee
Overcome Enthusiasm First Practice Imagination Definite Carrying Only Takes Ideal Aroused Intelligible Storm Apathy Plan Things Second Two
A system of education is not one thing, nor does it have a single definite object, nor is it a mere matter of schools. Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men. W. E. B. Du Bois
Education Training School Matter Walls Men Single Definite System One Thing Object Mere Develops House Schools Within Without Does Nor Human Which Whole Thing
I have no definite talent or trade, and how I stay alive is largely a matter of magic. Charles Bukowski
Matter Alive Definite Stay Magic Talent Trade How Largely

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