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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    Criss Jami
    “When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.”
    ― Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile
    tags: consciousness, honesty, human-nature, lying, man, penalize, psychology, punishment, reaction, response, self-defense, unconscious-mind
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    Shamail Aijaz
    “A reaction consumes energy; a response creates it.”
    ― Shamail Aijaz, The Calm Within the Storm: Leading Beyond Ego
    tags: energy, reaction, response
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    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald
    tags: empathy, thankful, understanding, understanding-others
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    Margaret Thatcher
    “It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.”
    ― Margaret Thatcher
    tags: inspirational
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    Dr. Seuss
    “So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains.”
    ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!
    tags: humor, inspirational, success
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    Mark Twain
    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. ”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor, success
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    Steve Maraboli
    “How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.”
    ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
    tags: action, assumption, change, compassion, inspirational, judging, kindness, life, respect, success
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    Aldous Huxley
    “The end cannot justify the means, for the simple and obvious reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced.”
    ― Aldous Huxley
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    Mark Twain
    “It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: misattributed-to-mark-twain, quote-investigator
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    Bertrand Russell
    “[T]he infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays
    tags: conscience, cruelty, dishonesty, double-standards, hell, morality
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: humanism, inspirational, peace, philosophy
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons”
    ― Bertrand Russell
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy
    tags: philosophy
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    Bertrand Russell
    “The use of self control is like the use of brakes on train. It is useful when you find yourself in wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right”
    ― Bertrand Russell, Marriage and Morals
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    Bertrand Russell
    “First they fascinate the fools then they muzzle the intelligent.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: fascism, politics
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Love is wise,
    Hatred is foolish”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: hate, love, wisdom
    55 likes

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    Bertrand Russell
    “Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: doctors-mistake, news, opinions-of-others
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    Bertrand Russell
    “The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”
    ― Bertrand Russel
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    Bertrand Russell
    “One must care about a world one will not see.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: liberty
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
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    Bertrand Russell
    “no one ever gossips about the virtues of others”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: relationship-advice
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    Bertrand Russell
    “A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth”
    ― Bertrand Russell
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    Bertrand Russell
    “So in everything: power lies with those who control finance, not with those who know the matter upon which the money is to be spent. Thus, the holders of power are, in general, ignorant and malevolent, and the less they exercise their power the better.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Machines deprive us of two things which are certainly important ingredients of human happiness, namely, spontaneity and variety.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Education is not to be viewed as something like filling a vessel with water but, rather, assisting a flower to grow in its own way”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: educational-philosophy
    28 likes



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