Quotes

A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.

Flattery →

Published September 25, 2023  ·  All posts on Sep 25  ·  ,

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

~ Denis Diderot

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If possible →

Published September 24, 2023  ·  All posts on Sep 24  ·  

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

~ Goethe

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Silence →

Published September 23, 2023  ·  All posts on Sep 23  ·  ,

Silence is exhilarating at first—as noise is—but there is a sweetness to silence outlasting exhilaration, akin to the sweetness of listening and the velvet of sleep.

~ Edward Hoagland

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Fear →

Published September 22, 2023  ·  All posts on Sep 22  ·  

Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.

~ Francis Chan

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Growth →

Published September 21, 2023  ·  All posts on Sep 21  ·  ,

There’s a world of difference between insisting on someone’s doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.

~ Fred Rogers

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Creativity →

Published September 20, 2023  ·  All posts on Sep 20  ·  

The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.

~ Anthony Jay

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Knowledge →

Published September 19, 2023  ·  All posts on Sep 19  ·  ,

A great challenge of life: Knowing enough to think you are right, but not knowing enough to know you are wrong.

~ Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Sight →

Published September 18, 2023  ·  All posts on Sep 18  ·  ,

I don’t want to show things, but to give people the desire to see.

~ Agnes Varda

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Travel →

Published September 17, 2023  ·  All posts on Sep 17  ·  ,

People say you have to travel to see the world. Sometimes I think that if you just stay in one place and keep your eyes open, you’re going to see just about all that you can handle.

~ Paul Auster

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Wisdom →

Published September 16, 2023  ·  All posts on Sep 16  ·  , ,

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.

~ Bill Nye

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