Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; It is thinking that makes what we read ours.
~ John Locke
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Thinking →
Mysterious →
The world […] is indeed a strange and deeply mysterious place, forever changing and remaking itself anew. But this is not a novel condition, our world hasn’t only recently become bizarre and temporary, it has been so ever since its inception, and it will continue to be such until its end—mystifying and forever in a state of flux.
~ Nick Cave
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One →
One day at a time. It sounds so simple. It actually is simple but it isn’t easy: It requires incredible support and fastidious structuring.
~ Russell Brand
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Amateurs →
That’s all of us are: Amateurs. We don’t live long enough to be anything else.
~ Charlie Chaplin
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Activity →
Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.
~ Japanese proverb
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Luxury →
If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxury.
~ Cicero
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Experience →
It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
~ Ram Dass
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Books →
In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.
~ Mortimer J. Adler
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Words →
Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
~ Tom Stoppard
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Change →
The most reliable way to change your entire life is by not changing your entire life… Improve the whole by mastering one thing.
~ James Clear
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