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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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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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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
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    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
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    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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    Oscar Wilde
    “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
    78315 likes

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    Langston Hughes
    “Hold fast to dreams,
    For if dreams die
    Life is a broken-winged bird,
    That cannot fly.”
    ― Langston Hughes
    tags: dreams, hope, inspiration, knowledge, wisdom
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    Albert Einstein
    “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: knowledge, learning, understanding, wisdom
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    L. Frank Baum
    “No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.”
    ― L. Frank Baum, The Lost Princess of Oz
    tags: knowledge, thievery, treasure
    4663 likes

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  • #15
    Dan Brown
    “Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.”
    ― Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol
    tags: knowledge
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  • #16
    Socrates
    “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”
    ― Socrates
    tags: knowledge, philosophy
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  • #17
    Alan Alda
    “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
    ― Alan Alda
    tags: assumptions, close-mindedness, intelligence, isaac-asimov, knowledge, open-mind, open-mindedness, open-minds, opinions, receptivity, science, science-of-mind
    2613 likes

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  • #18
    Cassandra Clare
    “All knowledge hurts.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
    tags: city-of-bones, disillusionment, experience, knowledge, wisdom
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  • #19
    Veronica Roth
    “Knowledge is power. Power to do evil...or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.”
    ― Veronica Roth, Allegiant
    tags: evil, good, knowledge, power
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    Robertson Davies
    “The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
    ― Robertson Davies, Tempest-Tost
    tags: belief, bias, knowledge, perception, philosophy, reality
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    Alfred Tennyson
    “Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”
    ― Alfred Lord Tennyson
    tags: knowledge, wisdom
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    Benjamin Franklin
    “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin, The Way to Wealth: Ben Franklin on Money and Success
    tags: knowledge
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  • #23
    Margaret Mitchell
    “It was better to know the worst than to wonder.”
    ― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
    tags: knowledge
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  • #24
    Ursula K. Le Guin
    “To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.”
    ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
    tags: ambiguity, certainty, humility, knowledge, policy
    968 likes

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  • #25
    C.S. Lewis
    “You can't know, you can only believe - or not.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: faith, knowledge
    542 likes

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    Gustave Flaubert
    “Doubt … is an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.”
    ― Gustave Flaubert, Memoirs of a Madman
    tags: doubt, knowledge, madness
    518 likes

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  • #27
    Lao Tzu
    “Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: knowledge
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    Frank Herbert
    “Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.”
    ― Frank Herbert
    tags: belief, kindlehighlight, knowledge, manipulation, propoganda, truth
    437 likes

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  • #29
    Albert Einstein
    “Information is not knowledge.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: information, knowledge
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    Oscar Wilde
    “nothing that is worth knowing can be taught”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: education, experience, knowledge
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    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.”
    ― Nelson Mandela
    tags: bravery, courage, fear
    2909 likes



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