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“The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.”
― John Maynard Keynes

“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison

“In order to understand, I destroyed myself.”
― Fernando Pessoa

“young children are wonderfully confident in their own imaginations ... Most of us lose this confidence as we grow up”
― Ken Robinson, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

“Everything popular is wrong.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.”
― Democritus

“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
― Nelson Mandela

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Slow Is Smooth, Smooth Is Fast”
― Mark Divine, 8 Weeks to SEALFIT: A Navy SEAL's Guide to Unconventional Training for Physical and Mental Toughness-Revised Edition

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.”
― Blaise Pascal

“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.”
― John Burroughs

“Life is always either a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.”
― Edith Wharton

“No one dances while he is sober. Unless he happens to be a lunatic. -Cicero”
― Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra: A Life

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“When you need me, but do not want me then I must stay. But when you want me but no longer need me, I have to go”
― Emma Thompson, Nanny McPhee Returns

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Stephen Hawking”
― Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time

“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
― Anne Tyler

“A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

“You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

“In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“Some days I am more wolf than woman, and I am still learning how to stop apologizing for my wild.”
― Nikita Gill

“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
― Nelson Mandela

“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."
"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."
"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
― Nelson Mandela

“Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the hearts of men.”
― Victor Hugo

“When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.”
― William Arthur Ward

“It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.”
― Nelson Mandela, Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom

“i found god in myself
and i loved her
i loved her fiercely”
― Ntozake Shange

“At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou