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We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge, doubt increases.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Maxims and Reflections
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Maxims and Reflections
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I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions.”
Baruch Spinoza - Tractatus politicus
Baruch Spinoza - Tractatus politicus
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust: A Tragedy
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust: A Tragedy
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A smile is often the most essential thing. One is repaid by a smile. One is rewarded by a smile. One is animated by a smile.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Create all the happiness you are able to create: remove all the misery you are able to remove.”
Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
All grown-ups were once children (but only few of them remember it).”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery - The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery - The Little Prince
The best way to begin each day well is to think upon awakening whether we could not give at least one person pleasure on this day.”
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Human, All Too Human
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Human, All Too Human
People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.”
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.”
Mark Twain - Quotation of uncertain origin
Mark Twain - Quotation of uncertain origin
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
William Morris
William Morris
Out of clutter find simplicity ; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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