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    Gautama Buddha
    “What you think, you become.
    What you feel, you attract.
    What you imagine, you create.”
    ― Buddha
    tags: philosophy
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    Charles Darwin
    “It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
    not the most intelligent that survives.
    It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”
    ― Charles Darwin
    tags: life
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    Albert Einstein
    “If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, simplicity, understand
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    Francis Bacon
    “Ipsa scientia potestas est.

    Knowledge itself is power.”
    ― Francis Bacon, Meditations Sacrae and Human Philosophy
    tags: knowledge, power
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    Francis Bacon
    “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”
    ― Francis Bacon, The Essays
    tags: books, reading, understanding
    815 likes

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    Francis Bacon
    “If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted”
    ― Francis Bacon
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    Francis Bacon
    “There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.”
    ― Francis Bacon
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    Francis Bacon
    “Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.”
    ― Francis Bacon, The Essays
    tags: misattributed-winston-churchill
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    Albert Einstein
    “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, mistakes
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    Albert Einstein
    “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: adaptation, flexibility, intelligence, open-mindedness, wisdom
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    Albert Einstein
    “The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: dangerous, evil, people, world
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    Albert Einstein
    “What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”
    ― Albert Einstein
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    Albert Einstein
    “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: character, honesty, integrity
    2684 likes

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    Albert Einstein
    “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: creativity, fantasy, imagination, inspirational
    2486 likes

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    Albert Einstein
    “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”
    ― Albert Einstein
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  • #16
    Albert Einstein
    “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: curiosity, philosophy, wonder
    2185 likes

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    Albert Einstein
    “Time is an illusion.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: relativity, time
    1978 likes

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  • #18
    Albert Einstein
    “Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work...”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: enterprise, tenacity
    1373 likes

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    Albert Einstein
    “I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.”
    ― Albert Einstein
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    Albert Einstein
    “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: quotations
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    Albert Einstein
    “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: goals
    1335 likes

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    Albert Einstein
    “Imagination is the highest form of research.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: inspiration
    1092 likes

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  • #23
    Albert Einstein
    “You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: creativity
    954 likes

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  • #24
    Albert Einstein
    “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
    ― Albert Einstein
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    Albert Einstein
    “Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.”
    ― Albert Einstein
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    Gautama Buddha
    “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
    ― Buddha
    tags: anger-management, buddha
    1299 likes

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    Gautama Buddha
    “Doubt everything. Find your own light.”
    ― Gautama Buddha, Sayings of Buddha
    tags: beliefs, doubt, faith
    1255 likes

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    Gautama Buddha
    “Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
    ― Buddha
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    Gautama Buddha
    “There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.”
    ― Buddha
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    Gautama Buddha
    “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
    ― Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni
    tags: buddhist, inspirational
    834 likes



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