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"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present"
Francis Bacon, Philosopher
"To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger"
James A. Baldwin, Author
"Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours"
James A. Baldwin, Author
"The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all"
Elbert Hubbard, Writer
"A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness"
Elbert Hubbard, Writer
"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce"
Karl Marx, Philosopher
"Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
"Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness"
John Ruskin, Writer
"Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays"
Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist
"Appearance rules the world"
Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist
"Great souls suffer in silence"
Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself"
Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher
"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength"
Marcus Aurelius, Soldier
"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts"
Marcus Aurelius, Soldier
"Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information"
Peter Ustinov, Actor
"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook"
William James, Philosopher
"The essence of genius is to know what to overlook"
William James, Philosopher
"Our patience will achieve more than our force"
Edmund Burke, Statesman
"Ambition can creep as well as soar"
Edmund Burke, Statesman
"If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
"For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best"
Alexander Pope, Poet
"I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things"
Tina Turner, Musician
"We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire"
Eric Hoffer, Writer
"Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there"
Eric Hoffer, Writer
"Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made, nothing entirely straight can be carved"
Immanuel Kant, Philosopher
"The creative adult is the child who has survived"
Ursula K. Le Guin, Writer
"An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity"
Bernard Williams, Philosopher
"All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly"
Thomas Aquinas, Theologian
"Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree"
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Novelist
"Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it"
Horace, Poet
"Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason"
Hal Borland, Author
"To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult"
Plutarch, Philosopher
"It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert"
Jacques Yves Cousteau, Explorer
"It isn't what you do, but how you do it"
John Wooden, Coach
"Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be"
Alice Walker, Author
"The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be"
Queen Elizabeth II, Royalty
"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
"In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
"Wonder is involuntary praise"
Edward Young, Poet
"The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is"
Dante Alighieri, Poet
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