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    “When things get too complicated, it sometimes makes sense to stop and wonder: Have I asked the right question?”
    ― Enrico Bombieri
    tags: ideas, inventions, math, perspective, science
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    R.M. ArceJaeger
    “Some people believe in imaginary friends. I believe in imaginary numbers.”
    ― R.M. ArceJaeger
    tags: humor, math, mathematics
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Elie Wiesel
    “The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
    ― Elie Wiesel
    tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy
    42029 likes

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    Benjamin Franklin Wade
    “Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin Wade
    tags: humor, misattributed-mark-twain, philosophy, theology
    19848 likes

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    Kahlil Gibran
    “You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
    ― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
    tags: philosophy, poetry
    11433 likes

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  • #7
    Albert Camus
    “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: human-nature, man, mankind, philosophy
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    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
    tags: misattributed-einstein
    8429 likes

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  • #9
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: humor, philosophy
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    William Shakespeare
    “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
    ― William Shakespear, Hamlet
    tags: philosophy
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  • #11
    Isaac Asimov
    “Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
    ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation
    tags: humor, inspirational, philosophy, wisdom
    7746 likes

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  • #12
    Frank Zappa
    “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: music, philosophy, progress
    5521 likes

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  • #13
    Benjamin Spock
    “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
    ― Benjamin Spock
    tags: parenting, philosophy, self-assurance
    5377 likes

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    Elie Wiesel
    “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
    ― Elie Wiesel
    tags: activism, ethics, justice, philosophy
    5164 likes

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    Bertrand Russell
    “Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: confidence, eccentricity, philosophy
    5398 likes

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  • #16
    Malcolm X
    “You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”
    ― Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary
    tags: philosophy, politics
    4313 likes

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    Mo Willems
    “If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”
    ― Mo Willems, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
    tags: fairy-tales, humor, humorous, philosophy, psychology
    4136 likes

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  • #18
    Lao Tzu
    “Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
    ― Lao Tsu, Tao Teh Ching
    tags: philosophy, wayfinding
    3472 likes

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  • #19
    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
    tags: death, haiku, james-bond, philosophy, poetry
    2815 likes

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  • #20
    Plato
    “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
    ― Plato
    tags: philosophy
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    Patrick Ness
    “You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
    ― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls
    tags: philosophy, wisdom
    5921 likes

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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
    Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
    Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
    Man got to tell himself he understand.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle
    tags: life, nature, philosophy
    2747 likes

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  • #23
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    “A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.”
    ― Ludwig Wittgenstein
    tags: philosophy
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  • #24
    Albert Einstein
    “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: curiosity, philosophy, wonder
    2186 likes

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  • #25
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    “Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them”
    ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
    tags: adults, antoine-de-saint-exupery, children, philosophy, the-little-prince
    2648 likes

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    Tamora Pierce
    “You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him."
    "So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.”
    ― Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess
    tags: alanna, amusing, philosophy, tamora-pierce
    1568 likes

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  • #27
    Neil deGrasse Tyson
    “For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”
    ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
    tags: inspirational, values
    2793 likes

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    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    “Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.”
    ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
    tags: butterflies, caterpillars, philosophy
    2491 likes

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  • #29
    Socrates
    “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: philosophy
    2196 likes

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  • #30
    Rollo May
    “It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when they have lost their way.”
    ― Rollo May
    tags: philosophy
    1589 likes



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