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#1

“A man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

tags: mind, new-ideas

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#2

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
― Nelson Mandela

tags: bravery, courage, fear

2911 likes

#3

“It always seems impossible until it's done.”
― Nelson Mandela

tags: attributed-no-source

2021 likes

#4

“I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

tags: faith, hope, optimism

1758 likes

#5

“I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
― Nelson Mandela

tags: atonement, saints, sin, sinners

762 likes

#6

“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
― Nelson Mandela

874 likes

#7

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
― Nelson Mandela

tags: inspirational

745 likes

#8

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
― Nelson Mandela

tags: change, education

6279 likes

#9

“A winner is a dreamer who never gives up”
― Nelson Mandela

tags: inspirational

358 likes

#10

“Quitting is leading too.”
― Nelson Mandela

110 likes

#11

“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself......”
― Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

tags: beauty, future, guru

598 likes

#12

“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

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#13

“This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.”
― Robert G. Ingersoll, The Liberty Of Man, Woman And Child

tags: doctrine, equal-rights, freedom, liberty, morality, rights

538 likes

#14

“But to see her was to love her,
Love but her, and love forever.”
― Robert Burns

140 likes

#15

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire

9010 likes

#16

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
― Charles Bukowski

6563 likes

#17

“A good book is an event in my life.”
― Stendhal, The Red and the Black

tags: books, literature, reading

3536 likes

#18

“There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.”
― Stendhal, Love

tags: beauty, happiness

589 likes

#19

“If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us”
― Stendhal

tags: love

133 likes

#20

“Love born in the brain is more spirited, doubtless, than true love, but it has only flashes of enthusiasm; it knows itself too well, it criticizes itself incessantly; so far from banishing thought, it is itself reared only upon a structure of thought.”
― Stendhal, The Red and the Black

tags: love, passion, psychology, thought

93 likes

#21

“A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.”
― Stendhal

tags: love

80 likes

#22

“...one of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.”
― Stendhal, The Red and the Black

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#23

“I cannot provide the reality of events, I can only convey their shadow.”
― Stendhal, The Life of Henry Brulard

tags: events

17 likes

#24

“Palabras dichas sin intención, encuentros que son obra de la casualidad, los transforma en pruebas evidentes el hombre de imaginación, si brilla una chispa de fuego en su corazón.”
― Stendhal, Rojo y Negro

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#25

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
― Margaret Mead

tags: activism, attributed-no-source, change, inspirational, life, philosophy, world

11481 likes

#26

“Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.”
― Margaret Mead

1308 likes

#27

“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.”
― Margaret Mead

tags: individuality, unique

282 likes

#28

“There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing...when we save our children, we save ourselves”
― Margaret Mead

tags: inspirational, women

172 likes

#29

“It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.”
― Margaret Mead

121 likes

#30

“We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.”
― Margaret Mead

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