Excerpts of Citations
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
~Arthur Schopenhauer
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It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
from Thus Spoke Zarathustra -
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those ar...
~Deepak Chopra
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I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others.
~Jennifer Louden
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It's never just a game when you're winning.
~George Carlin
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Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
~Voltaire
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I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
~Agatha Christie
from An Autobiography, 1977 -
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later.
~Mitch Hedberg
from Mitch All Together -
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
~Thomas Jefferson
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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
~Hermann Hesse
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One must also accept that one has 'uncreative' moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass.
~Etty Hillesum
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Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.
~Floyd Dell
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The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.
~Robert J. Shiller
from Irrational Exuberance -
The longest journey is the journey inward.
~Dag Hammarskjold
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I detest life-insurance agents; they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.
~Stephen Leacock