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  • #1
    George V. Higgins
    “This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.”
    George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle

  • #2
    Laurence J. Peter
    “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
    Laurence J. Peter

  • #3
    Douglas Adams
    “Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”
    Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

  • #4
    William Blake
    “A truth that's told with bad intent
    Beats all the lies you can invent.”
    William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

  • #5
    Ian Fleming
    “You only live twice:
    Once when you are born
    And once when you look death in the face”
    Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice

  • #6
    Adolf Hitler
    “If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!”
    Adolf Hitler

  • #7
    Gabriel García Márquez
    “It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”
    Gabriel García Márquez

  • #8
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.”
    Freidrich Neitzsche

  • #9
    Rollo May
    “It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when they have lost their way.”
    Rollo May

  • #10
    Norton Juster
    “Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.”
    Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

  • #11
    Epictetus
    “If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.”
    Epictetus

  • #12
    Lao Tzu
    “If you understand others you are smart.
    If you understand yourself you are illuminated.
    If you overcome others you are powerful.
    If you overcome yourself you have strength.
    If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.
    If you can act with vigor, you have a will.
    If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.
    If you die without loss, you are eternal.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #13
    Robert Anton Wilson
    “belief is the death of intelligence.”
    Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger: Die letzten Geheimnisse der Illuminaten oder An den Grenzen des erweiterten Bewusstseins

  • #14
    Lao Tzu
    “The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”
    Lao Tzu, Te-Tao Ching

  • #15
    Henry David Thoreau
    “Things do not change; we change.”
    henry david thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

  • #16
    Epictetus
    “Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
    Epictetus

  • #17
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Fair speech may hide a foul heart.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

  • #18
    Gilles Deleuze
    “If you're trapped in the dream of the Other, you're fucked.”
    Gilles Deleuze

  • #19
    Lao Tzu
    “Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.”
    Lao Tzu

  • #20
    Pablo Neruda
    “Love is a clash of lightnings”
    Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

  • #21
    Benjamin Franklin Wade
    “Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
    Benjamin Franklin Wade

  • #22
    Benjamin Disraeli
    “There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
    Benjamin Disraeli

  • #23
    Mark Twain
    “If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.”
    Mark Twain

  • #24
    Libba Bray
    “There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.”
    Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing

  • #25
    Elizabeth Gilbert
    “Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an old adage)”
    Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

  • #26
    Lisa Shearin
    “Whoever said ignorance is bliss must have died a horrible death with a really surprised look on his face.”
    Lisa Shearin, Armed & Magical

  • #27
    Terry Pratchett
    “The second mouse gets the cheese!”
    Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

  • #28
    “If you forgive the fox for stealing your chickens, he will take your sheep.”
    Georgian Proverb

  • #29
    “Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.”
    Spanish Proverb

  • #30
    John Lennon
    “One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside.”
    John Lennon



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