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Henry David Thoreau: How rarely I...

Henry David Thoreau: How rarely I...

How rarely I meet with a man who can be free, even in thought! We all live according to rule. Some men are bedridden;...

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Agatha Christie: The human mind...

Agatha Christie: The human mind...

The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will,...

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Sholom Aleichem: The rich swell...

Sholom Aleichem: The rich swell...

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Yes, it's hard...

Yes, it's hard...

Yes, it's hard to write, but it's harder not to.

Source: In answer to a question...

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In an information...

In an information...

In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and...

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He who flees...

He who flees...

He who flees will fight again.

Source: De Fuga in Persecutione. c. 10.
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Youth is when...

Youth is when...

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced...

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Time is the...

Time is the...

Time is the one thing we possess. Our success depends upon the use of our time, and its by-product, the odd...

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I would sooner...

I would sooner...

I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you...

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Wisdom is keeping...

Wisdom is keeping...

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

Source: In...

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A writer never...

A writer never...

A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A...

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Ambition if it...

Ambition if it...

Ambition if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others.

Source: The...

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Authoritarian political ideologies...

Authoritarian political ideologies...

Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of takeover by...

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American energy. ....

American energy. ....

American energy. . . is the energy of violence, of free-floating resentment and anxiety unleashed by chronic cultural...

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AIDS occupies such...

AIDS occupies such...

AIDS occupies such a large part in our awareness because of what it has been taken to represent. It seems the very...

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Create a definite...

Create a definite...

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into...

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People seem to...

People seem to...

People seem to lose all respect for the past; events succeed each other with such velocity that the most remarkable...

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The vices of...

The vices of...

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for...

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Genius is the...

Genius is the...

Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out.

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The day knowledge...

The day knowledge...

The day knowledge was preferred to wisdom and mere usefulness to beauty. . . . Only a moral revolution -- not a social...

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