Quotes

Silence →

Published January 4, 2024  ·  All posts on Jan 4  ·  ,

The path to all great things passes through silence.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

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Unnecessary →

Published January 2, 2024  ·  All posts on Jan 2  ·  ,

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself… It has no survival value; Rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.

~ C.S. Lewis

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Communication →

Published December 30, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 30  ·  ,

A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.

~ Cicero

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Hardship →

Published December 28, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 28  ·  , ,

You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days.

~ Alain de Botton

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Perfectionism →

Published December 26, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 26  ·  ,

Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination.

~ Dan Miller

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Feelings →

Published December 23, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 23  ·  , ,

Let everything happen to you: Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

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Possessions →

Published December 21, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 21  ·  , ,

You can’t have everything.

Where would you put it?

~ Steven Wright

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Mystery →

Published December 19, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 19  ·  ,

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

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Ingenuity →

Published December 16, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 16  ·  ,

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

~ George S. Patton

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Exceptional →

Published December 14, 2023  ·  All posts on Dec 14  ·  , ,

The squeaky wheel may get the most oil, but it’s also the first to be replaced.

~ Marilyn vos Savant

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