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“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
― Robert J. Hanlon

“People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.”
― Charles R. Swindoll

“There is always a part of my mind that is preparing for the worst, and another part of my mind that believes if I prepare enough for it, the worst won’t happen.”
― Kay Redfield Jamison

“We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.”
― Socrates

“Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.”
― Socrates

“Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.”
― Socrates

“The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.”
― Socrates

“Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.”
― Socrates

“Know thyself.”
― Socrates

“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”
― Socrates

“If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.”
― Socrates

“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
― Socrates

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
― Socrates

“To find yourself, think for yourself.”
― Socrates

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
― Socrates

“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
― Socrates

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
― Socrates

“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
― Socrates

“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”
― Socrates

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
― Socrates

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates