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"Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows the fool?"
— Obi-wan Kenobi

11 people liked it

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
— Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, philosophy, wish
11,267 people liked it

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools."
— Ernest Hemingway

tags: drinking
28 people liked it

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
— Bill Watterson (The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book)

tags: humor, idiots, life
641 people liked it

"A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow."
— William Shakespeare

tags: friendship
663 people liked it

"A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.Proverbs 18:2"
— Various (Holy Bible)

3 people liked it

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: best, life, love, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
10,331 people liked it

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."
— Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, love, opposite, philosophy
7,004 people liked it

"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
— William Shakespeare (As You Like It)

tags: wisdom
6,187 people liked it

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
— Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
6,042 people liked it

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
— Theodore Roosevelt

tags: inspirational
4,903 people liked it

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."
— Anaïs Nin

tags: life, philosophy
3,540 people liked it

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."
— William Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

tags: love
2,779 people liked it

"Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if they show a big smile while hiding negative feelings deep inside? Children dont usually act in such a manner. If they feel angry with someone, they express it, and then it is finished. They can still play with that person the following day."
— Dalai Lama XIV

tags: children, inspirational
9 people liked it

"It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not."
— André Gide

tags: life, love
2,884 people liked it

"In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher."
— Dalai Lama XIV

tags: tolerance
7 people liked it

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
— Henry David Thoreau

tags: confident, direction, dream, dreams, imagine, life, live
2,323 people liked it

"Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it"
— Dalai Lama XIV

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"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when their right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust noone but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: monroe
1,846 people liked it

"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"
— Albert Einstein

tags: science
1,511 people liked it

"All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their own happiness or satisfaction"
— Dalai Lama XIV

5 people liked it

"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."
— Albert Einstein (The World As I See It)

tags: coincidence, god, religion
1,189 people liked it

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."
— Dalai Lama XIV

5 people liked it

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."
— Kurt Vonnegut (Mother Night)

tags: action, attitude, choice, imagination, inspiration, life, pretend
961 people liked it

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough"
— Oprah Winfrey

79 people liked it

"If we think only of ourselves, forget about other people, then our minds occupy very small area. Inside that small area, even tiny problem appears very big. But the moment you develop a sense of concern for others, you realize that, just like ourselves, they also want happiness; they also want satisfaction. When you have this sense of concern, your mind automatically widens. At this point, your own problems, even big problems, will not be so significant. The result? Big increase in peace of mind. So, if you think only of yourself, only your own happiness, the result is actually less happiness. You get more anxiety, more fear."
— Dalai Lama XIV (The Wisdom of Forgiveness)

2 people liked it

"We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be."
— May Sarton

tags: authenticity, life, philosophy, self
855 people liked it

"It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!"
— Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

tags: humor, philosophy
823 people liked it

"If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: girls, love
802 people liked it

"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."
— Ernest Hemingway

tags: happiness
686 people liked it

"I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it."
— Oprah Winfrey

tags: inspirational
96 people liked it

"Let no man pull you low enough to hate him."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

tags: hatred, wisdom
615 people liked it

"There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life."
— John Lennon

tags: beatles, fear, life, love
575 people liked it

"Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher."
— Oprah Winfrey

tags: inspirational
62 people liked it

"Who are you to judge the life I live?
I know I'm not perfect
-and I don't live to be-
but before you start pointing fingers...
make sure you hands are clean!"
— Bob Marley

tags: judge, life, live, perfection
554 people liked it

"You get to know who you really are in a crisis."
— Oprah Winfrey

tags: trial
42 people liked it

"If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think."
— Oprah Winfrey

9 people liked it

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."
— Confucius

tags: wisdom
516 people liked it

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
— Albert Einstein

tags: life
538 people liked it

"What's meant to be will always find a way"
— Trisha Yearwood

tags: fate, inspiration, love
487 people liked it

"When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them."
— Marilyn Monroe

522 people liked it

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
— Anaïs Nin

tags: courage, life
363 people liked it

"If you can't change your fate, change your attitude."
— Amy Tan

tags: life
355 people liked it

"The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters."
— Audrey Hepburn

tags: happiness, life
365 people liked it

"Angry people are not always wise."
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

tags: anger, jane-austen, wisdom
329 people liked it

"Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser."
— Donald J. Trump

tags: pot-calling-kettle-black
3 people liked it

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens"
— Jimi Hendrix

tags: wisdom
244 people liked it

"Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you."
— Dale Carnegie (How to Win Friends & Influence People)

tags: inspirational, life, people
70 people liked it