"Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards." —Kierkegaard
"That which is hateful to you do not do to another; that is the entire Torah, and the rest is its interpretation. Go study." - Rabbi Hillel, 1st century BCE.
"It is a shame for a man to grow old without ever having squatted 405lbs." - Socrates
“When you’re dead, you don’t know you’re dead. The pain is felt by others. The same thing happens when you’re stupid “. -Ricky Gervais
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." ― Steve Jobs
"When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near. The rich, afraid that democracy will bleed them, conspire to overthrow it; or some enterprising individual seizes power, promises everything to the poor, surrounds himself with a personal army, kills first his enemies and then his friends...cont
“You will earn the respect of all if you earn the respect of yourself; you cannot encourage good in others while conscious of your misdeeds.” - Musonius Rufus, On How to Live
“To live happily is an inward power of the soul” - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations XI.15
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. ― George Orwell
“The willing are led by fate, the reluctant are dragged.” - Cleanthes of Assos
"Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd." - Thomas Mann
"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy." -Thich Nhat Hanh
"It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them." Leo Buscaglia
I do not want to predict the future. I want to prevent it. Better yet, build it. - Ray Bradbury
"Just as matter is highly concentrated energy, a symbol is highly concentrated meaning", John Truby