William Powell quote

Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.
William Powell
William Powell
William Powell
Born: Jul 29, 1892
Died: Mar 5, 1984

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Noise, Solitude, Few, Thousands, Rather, Sincere, Merriment, Cultivate, Mob, Friends, Than, Quiet, Acquaintances

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To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment. Eckhart Tolle
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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
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