Great Throughts Treasury

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Erwin Schrödinger, fully Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger

Multiplicity is only apparent, in truth, there is only one mind.

Art | Consolation | Life | Life | Light | Nothing | Speech | Work | World | Writing | Art |

Ester and Jerry Hicks

The thought that you think, you think, which attracts to it - so you think it some more, which attracts to it - so you think it some more. In other words, when you have an expectation, you've got a dominant thought going on, and Law of Attraction is going to deliver that to you again and again and again.

Joy | Life | Life | Money | Success |

Ester and Jerry Hicks

There is a paradigm shift that is afoot because so many people around the world are understanding the vibrational aspect of living.

Abundance | Life | Life | Will |

Ester and Jerry Hicks

The reason for desires, goals, for finding those decisions or points of focus, is because they are the life-giving things of the Universe. Without objects of attention, or objects of desire, Life-Force does not come through any of us.

Life | Life | Purpose | Purpose |

Ester and Jerry Hicks

You cannot receive vibrationally something that you are not a vibrational match to. And so, bless those who are finding abundance. And in your blessing of them and their abundance, you will become abundant too.

Awareness | Death | Experience | Good | Joy | Life | Life | Plenty | Promise | Awareness | Value |

Etty Hillesum, formally Ester "Etty" Hillesum

One must also accept that one has 'uncreative' moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass.

Fear | People | Think |

Estonian Proverbs

When God gives a child, he also gives the clothing.

Death | Man | Money |

Estonian Proverbs

Who handles water is bound to get wet.

Fear | Will |

Etty Hillesum, formally Ester "Etty" Hillesum

Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental indigestion.

Death | Impulse | Nothing | Space |

Ester and Jerry Hicks

If you will relax and allow Law of Attraction to do the organization, the managing, then you can spend your time doing the things that please you

Life | Life | Need |

Ethiopian Proverbs

Even over cold pudding, the coward says: It will burn my mouth.

Death |

Ethel Barrymore

Wrinkles should only indicate where smiles have been.

Life | Life | Position |

Ethiopian Proverbs

The cattle is as good as the pasture in which it grazes.

Fear |

Eugen Drewermann

All the things you did until you turned forty confront you again after midlife as a task, but this time inwardly.

Life | Life |

Eugen Herrigel

You have described only too well, replied the Master, where the difficulty lies...The right shot at the right moment does not come because you do not let go of yourself. You...brace yourself for failure. So long as that is so, you have no choice but to call forth something yourself that ought to happen independently of you, and so long as you call it forth your hand will not open in the right way--like the hand of a child.

Danger | Life | Life | Man | Soul | Time | Danger |

Eugene O'Neill, fully Eugene Gladstone O'Neill

Why canÂ’t you remember your Shakespeare and forget the third-raters. YouÂ’ll find what youÂ’re trying to say in him- as youÂ’ll find everything else worth saying. 'We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with sleep.'' 'Fine! ThatÂ’s beautiful. But I wasnÂ’t trying to say that. We are such stuff as manure is made on, so letÂ’s drink up and forget it. ThatÂ’s more my idea.

Beauty | Earth | Life | Life | Love | Order | Beauty | Afraid |

Étienne Bonnot de Condillac

Language was a long time without having any other words than the names which had been given to sensible objects, such as these, tree, fruit, water, fire, and others, which they had more frequent occasion to mention.

Distinguish | Fear | Ideas | Metaphysics | Reason |

Eudora Welty

I am a writer who came from a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.

Life | Life |

Eugene Peterson

I wish him well. Now he can continue to pursue his dream of excellence in education.

Life | Life | Will |

Eugene O'Neill, fully Eugene Gladstone O'Neill

For de small stealing dey puts you in jail, soon or late. But for de big stealing dey puts yo' picture in de paper and yo' statue in de Hall of Fame when you croaks! If dey's one thing I learned in ten years, listenin' to de white quality on de Pullman cars, it's dat same fact. And when I gets a chance to use it -- from stowaway to Emperor in two years. Dat's goin' some!

Life | Life | Past | Peace | Unity |