"A stable, changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep."

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"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"As much purity one has within, his external circumstances will be that much more favorable. As much impurity there is within, there will be a corresponding amount of unfavorable external circumstances."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."

William James, American Philosopher

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"For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

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"To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world."

Barbara Boxer, American Politician

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"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it."

Jack Wagner, American Actor

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"We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

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"The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep tonight."

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"To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language."

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"Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully."

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