We all have so much power that we don’t use. And I think it’s because of cynicism, which is a toxic spiritual state. Cynicism is a refuge for cowards.
~ Cory Booker
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Refuge →
Change →
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
~ Leo Tolstoy
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Not just reflecting →
… there are two ways to go through life, as a thermometer or a thermostat. Don’t be a thermometer, just reflecting what’s aound you, going up or down with your surroundings. Be a thermostat and set the temperature.
~ Cory Booker
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Win by deception →
Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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Excellence →
Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
~ Sun Tzu
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Conformity →
When you do as everyone else does, don’t be surprised when you get what everyone else gets.
~ Peter Kaufman
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Playful, open-minded, unrestrained →
Celebrate the childlike mind. From what I can see, the best scientists and engineers nurture a childlike mind. They are playful, open-minded, and unrestrained by the inner voice of reason, collective cynicism, or fear of failure.
~ Steve Jurvetson
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Ego →
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
~ Colin Powell
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Dreams are maps →
The visions we offer our children shape the future. It matters what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are maps.
~ Carl Sagan
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Shoulders of giants →
I’ve said many times of my generation that we drink deeply from wells of freedom and opportunity that we did not dig, that we eat from tables prepared for us by our ancestors, that we sit comfortably in the shade of trees that we did not cultivate. We stand on the shoulders of giants.
~ Cory Booker
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