Wise thoughts and quotes 12
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Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
It is up to you to give life a meaning.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
Abraham Lincoln
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It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Confucius
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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Dalai Lama
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The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.
Ernest Hemingway
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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
Aristotle
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We live in an age in which there is no heroic death.
Yukio Mishima
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A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.
Markus Zusak
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Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.
Charles Eames
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
Walt Whitman
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You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
Steve Jobs
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Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
Steve Jobs
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Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
Confucius
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I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.
Albert Camus
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The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
Confucius
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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.
Herman Melville
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I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.
Steve Jobs
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Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.
Rumi
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He - and if there is a God, I am convinced he is a he, because no woman could or would ever fuck things up this badly.
George Carlin