Part I, Essay 18: The Sceptic
Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary (1741-2; 1748)
“Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.”
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British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Pri… 1804–1881Related quotes
“Nothing is more common than the wish to be remarkable.”
William Shakespeare
(1564–1616) English playwright and poet
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858), ch. XII : Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
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Tal Ben-Shahar
(1970) American psychologist
Source: Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
Nathaniel Branden
(1930–2014) Canadian–American psychotherapist and writer
Queen Latifah
(1970) American musician and actress
Source: Put on Your Crown: Life-Changing Moments on the Path to Queendom
Leslie Weatherhead
(1893–1976) English theologian
Source: The Christian Agnostic (1965), p.77-78, (Paul Tillich: The Shaking of the Foundations. 1963. Pelican Books. p. 164
“Nothing is more ancient than God, for He was never created”
Thales
(-624–-547 BC) ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
As quoted in Love and Live Or Kill and Die: Realities of the Destruction of Human Life (2009) by James H. Wilson, p. 72
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Strongest is Necessity because it governs all things.
As quoted in Symbolism of the Sphere: A Contribution to the History of Earlier Greek Philosophy (1977), by Otto Brendel p. 36
Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.
As quoted in Business Management Controls: A Guide (2012) by John Kyriazoglou, p. 55
Context: Nothing is more ancient than God, for He was never created; nothing more beautiful than the world, it is the work of that same God; nothing is more active than thought, for it flies over the whole universe; nothing is stronger than necessity, for all must submit to it.
