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
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
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
There is no disguise which can long hide love where it exists, nor feign it where it does not.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims
If we had no pride we should not complain of that of others.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims
I am human, and I think that nothing of that which is human is alien to me.”
Publius Terentius Afer - Heautontimoroumenos
Publius Terentius Afer - Heautontimoroumenos
There are two ways of contesting, the one by the law, the other by force; the first method is proper to men, the second to beasts.”
Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when it's the only one we have.”
Émile-Auguste Chartier, known as Alain
Émile-Auguste Chartier, known as Alain
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.”
Albert Camus - Chroniques
Albert Camus - Chroniques
The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not laughed.”
Nicolas Chamfort - Maximes et pensées
Nicolas Chamfort - Maximes et pensées
It is not enough to take steps, which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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