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Words of Wisdom - QuotesIf we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. Slight not what's near, when aiming at what's far. For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. The supernatural is the natural not yet understood. Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is force. And, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. The Idols that beset human minds lie deep in human nature itself and in the very community of our race. It is incorrectly claimed that the human sense is the measure of things. Rather, the case that all our perceptions, both of our sense and of our minds, are reflections of man, not of the universe, and the human understanding is like an uneven mirror that cannot reflect truly the rays from objects, but distorts and corrupts the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it. Novum Organum All true wisdom is found on T-shirts. Don't worry over what other people are thinking about you. They're too busy worrying over what you are thinking about them. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. It is difficult beyond description to conceive that space can have no end; but it is more difficult to conceive an end. It is difficult beyond the power of man to conceive an eternal duration of what we call time; but it is more impossible to conceive a time when there shall be no time. The Age of Reason (Part 1) When you can't have what you want, it's time to start wanting what you have. A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. The Life of Reason The best defense against logic is ignorance. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. You will never "find" time for anything. If you want time you must make it. Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change. Only a life lived for others is worth living. What do you despise? By this are you truly known. Dune I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education. There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen. The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. Catch-22 The beginning is the most important part of the work. The Republic. Book II. 377B The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot. What Is Man? It is better to deserve honours and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them. I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. A person is just about as big as the things that make him angry. Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man, but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool. Sometimes, to be silent is to be most eloquent. The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong. By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Your eyes can deceive you, don't trust them. Star Wars A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all. While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is about. The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it. The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been. In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king. Never try to out-stubborn a cat. Time Enough for Love I have made mistakes but I have never made the mistake of claiming that I have never made one. Your true value depends entirely on what you are compared with. Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise person to be able to sell it. Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. |
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