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"Tell me I forget, teach me I remember, involve me I learn." -Ben Franklin
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the
public opinion.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to
follow talent to the dark place where it leads.
Never cut what you can untie
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
It is a glorious achievement to master one's own temper.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.
You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the
stars.
American libraries are used by two-thirds of the population but are financed with less than 1% of tax dollars.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.
Dare to be naive.
Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature,
music-- the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures,
beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
Creativity is harnessing universality and making it flow through your
eyes.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and
that only.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
Granted that I must die, how shall I live?
At the height of laughter, the universe is a flurry into a
kaleidoscope of new possibilities.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real
tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.
Wisdom is the reward you get fom a lifetime of listening when you'd have
preferred to talk.
How can you say luck and chance are the same thing? Chance is the
first step you take, luck is what comes afterwards.
Let there be spaces in your togetherness.
Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew
he would never be found out.
When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you
often learn something.
Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.
There is many a good man to be found under a shabby hat.
You can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier. |