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    Lin Yutang
    “When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.”
    ― Lin Yutang
    tags: men, set, shadows, sun
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    Henry David Thoreau
    “All good things are wild and free.”
    ― Henry David Thoreau
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    Lao Tzu
    “True words aren't eloquent;
    eloquent words aren't true.
    Wise men don't need to prove their point;
    men who need to prove their point aren't wise.

    The Master has no possessions.
    The more he does for others,
    the happier he is.
    The more he gives to others,
    the wealthier he is.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
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  • #4
    You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new
    “You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
    To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
    ― Buckminster Fuller
    tags: activism, adaption, change, development, digital-revolution, future, movement, new-models, p2p, progress, progression, protest, revolution, science, society, structural-changes, technology, world, zeitgeist, zeitgeist-movement
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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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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
    130118 likes

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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: gratitude
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “Dum Spiro, spero”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: bravery, courage, failure, inspirational, success
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”
    ― Winston Churchill
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    Nelson Mandela
    “It always seems impossible until it's done.”
    ― Nelson Mandela
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: inspirational, perseverance, success
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    Randy Pausch
    “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
    ― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
    tags: barriers, challenges, failure, failures, inspirational, perseverance
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    A.A. Milne
    “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
    ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
    tags: patience, perseverance
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    Max Ehrmann
    “With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
    it is still a beautiful world.
    Be cheerful.
    Strive to be happy.”
    ― Max Ehrmann, Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life
    tags: happiness, inspirational, philosophical
    1081 likes

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    Genghis Khan
    “I am the flail of god. Had you not created great sins, god would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.”
    ― Genghis Khan, Genghis Khan's Rules for (Warriors) Writers
    tags: flail-of-god, punishment, sins
    114 likes

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    Elizabeth I
    “I may not be a lion,but I am lions cub and I have lion's heart”
    ― Queen Elizabeth I
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    Elizabeth I
    “Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.”
    ― Queen Elizabeth I
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    Nassim Nicholas Taleb
    “Note another element of Switzerland: it is perhaps the most successful country in history, yet it has traditionally had a very low level of university education compared to the rest of the rich nations. Its system, even in banking during my days, was based on apprenticeship models, nearly vocational rather than the theoretical ones. In other words, on techne (crafts and know how), not episteme (book knowledge, know what).”
    ― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder
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    Henry Ford
    “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't—you're right.”
    ― Henry Ford
    tags: self-empowerment
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  • #21
    Lao Tzu
    “Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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    Lao Tzu
    “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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  • #23
    Lao Tzu
    “Silence is a source of Great Strength.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: silence
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  • #24
    Lao Tzu
    “The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: be-yourself, white
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    Lao Tzu
    “Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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    Lao Tzu
    “He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: self-control
    266 likes

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  • #27
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
    ― Cicero
    tags: books
    6573 likes

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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: candor, honesty, truth-telling
    711 likes

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    Henry David Thoreau
    “The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    tags: inspirational
    2828 likes

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  • #30
    Henry David Thoreau
    “Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.”
    ― Henry David Thoreau
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