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Mary Hunter Austin Quotes: The real wonder is not that one man should be a genius, but that every man should not be.
         

The real wonder is not that one man should be a genius, but that every man should not be.


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For all the toll the desert takes of a man it gives compensations, deep breaths, deep sleep, and the communion of the stars.

For all the toll the desert takes of a man it gives compensations, deep breaths, deep sleep, and the communion of the stars.



Man is not himself only...He is all that he sees; all that flows to him from a thousand sources...He is the land, the lift of its mountain lines, the reach of its valleys.

Man is not himself only...He is all that he sees; all that flows to him from a thousand sources...He is the land, the lift of its mountain lines, the reach of its valleys.



Genius . . . arises in the natural, aboriginal concern for the conscious unity of all phenomena.

Genius . . . arises in the natural, aboriginal concern for the conscious unity of all phenomena.



This is the sense of the desert hills, that there is room enough and time enough

This is the sense of the desert hills, that there is room enough and time enough



Death by starvation is slow.

Death by starvation is slow.



Nothing the desert produces expresses it better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas

Nothing the desert produces expresses it better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas



As I walk .. as I walk .. / The universe .. is walking with me .. / Beautifully .. it walks before me .... / Beautifully .. on every side .... / As I walk .. I walk with beauty.

As I walk .. as I walk .. / The universe .. is walking with me .. / Beautifully .. it walks before me .... / Beautifully .. on every side .... / As I walk .. I walk with beauty.



Over the tops of it, beginning to dusk under a young white moon, trailed a wavering ghost of smoke, and at the end of it I came upon the Pocket Hunter making a dry camp in the friendly scrub.

Over the tops of it, beginning to dusk under a young white moon, trailed a wavering ghost of smoke, and at the end of it I came upon the Pocket Hunter making a dry camp in the friendly scrub.



What women have to stand on squarely [is] not their ability to see the world in the way men see it, but the importance and validity of their seeing it in some other way.

What women have to stand on squarely [is] not their ability to see the world in the way men see it, but the importance and validity of their seeing it in some other way.



The manner of the country makes the usage of life there, and the land will not be lived in except in its own fashion.

The manner of the country makes the usage of life there, and the land will not be lived in except in its own fashion.





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A divided kingdom cannot defend itself from its adversaries. A divided person cannot face life in a dignified way.

A divided kingdom cannot defend itself from its adversaries. A divided person cannot face life in a dignified way.



What has more value in this world? That which is in shortage.

What has more value in this world? That which is in shortage.




When instinct speaks, listen to it. It might be the next push you need to reach greater heights.

When instinct speaks, listen to it. It might be the next push you need to reach greater heights.



Prepare for Success. Feel the satisfaction and power of having your act together! Get organized beforehand to get better results. Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.

Prepare for Success. Feel the satisfaction and power of having your act together! Get organized beforehand to get better results. Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.



We hope for the future, then we reach for the past.

We hope for the future, then we reach for the past.



One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.

One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.



It is never too late to become reasonable and wise.

It is never too late to become reasonable and wise.



The great eventful Present hides the Past; but through the din Of its loud life hints and echoes from the life behind steal in.

The great eventful Present hides the Past; but through the din Of its loud life hints and echoes from the life behind steal in.



Identity liberalism, as I understand it, is expressive rather than persuasive.

Identity liberalism, as I understand it, is expressive rather than persuasive.




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