Jun
1
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In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
May
25
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Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave.
—Muhammad
May
18
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Who are you upsetting? Who are you connecting? Who are you leading?
—Seth Godin (in recent TED talk)
May
11
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Shared joy is double joy, and shared sorrow is half-sorrow.
—Swedish proverb
May
4
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I pretend ivry man is honest, and I believe non iv them ar-re. In that way I keep me friends an’ save me money.
—Finley Peter Dunne
Apr
27
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Don’t be too worthwhile. Always keep a few character defects handy. People love to talk about your frailties. If you must be noble, keep it to yourself.
—Edward D. Stone
Apr
20
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Friendship is a plant we must often water.
—German proverb
Apr
13
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There’s an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.
—Irving Berlin
Apr
6
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
—Thomas Alva Edison
Mar
30
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There is no escape—man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
—Booker T. Washington
Mar
9
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Strength, joy, wisdom are only available to those who produce their own lives; never to those who merely consume the production of others.
—John Taylor Gatto
Mar
2
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I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.
—Leonardo da Vinci
Feb
23
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Feb
16
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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
—Anatole France
Feb
9
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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
—William Blake
Feb
2
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The outstanding characteristic of America is the refusal of Americans to accept defects in their society as irremediable.
—Lewis Galantiere
Jan
26
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Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
—Dr. Howard Thurman
Jan
19
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What a person builds is more important than what a person knows. If our time is spent merely knowing things, we squander our gifts. Commit to building something new every day, even if it’s small. Write something, improve something, invent something. Live.
Jan
12
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Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all heavenly environments; of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.—James Allen
Jan
5
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