Lillian Hellman on Cynicism

“Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.”

~ Lillian Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984)

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Jane Rule on Bearing Witness

“If we don’t bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we have had to life is sacrificed. There is a silence, instead of a speaking presence.”

~ Jane Rule

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Anais Nin on the Importance of Dreams

“Dreams are necessary to life.”

~ Anais Nin

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C.S. Lewis on Failure and Achievement

“Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.”

~ C. S. Lewis

Source: The Quotations Page: C. S. Lewis

Anais Nin on How We See Things

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”

~ Anais Nin

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C. S. Lewis on Truth and Comfort

“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.”

~ C. S. Lewis

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