The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.”
Richard Phillips Feynman
Richard Phillips Feynman
When someone opposes me, he arouses my attention, not my anger. I go to greet a man who contradicts me, who instructs me.”
Michel de Montaigne - Essays
Michel de Montaigne - Essays
"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."”
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
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The more I think about it the more I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people.”
Vincent Willem van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh
People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.”
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery - The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery - The Little Prince
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
The effort we make to be happy is never lost.”
Émile-Auguste Chartier, known as Alain - Propos sur le bonheur
Émile-Auguste Chartier, known as Alain - Propos sur le bonheur
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest.”
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.”
Gabrielle Chasnel, dîte Coco Chanel
Gabrielle Chasnel, dîte Coco Chanel
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.”
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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