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#1

“Cała kultura opiera się na udawaniu. Że jesteśmy kulturalni.”
― Jacek Dukaj, Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość

tags: kultura, życie

#2

“Są kłamstwa na jeden dzień, są kłamstwa na całą karierę. Ergonomia duszy to wielka gałąź technologii sukcesu.”
― Jacek Dukaj, Czarne oceany

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#3

“Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.”
― Stanislaw Lem

tags: faith, irrationality, religion

129 likes

#5

“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.”
― Richard Feynmann

tags: curiosity, learning, scholarship

2218 likes

#6

“Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.”
― Richard P. Feynman

tags: science, sex

1505 likes

#7

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”
― Isaac Newton, The Correspondence of Isaac Newton: Volume 5, 1709–1713

tags: principia, science

2221 likes

#8

“Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.”
― Isaac Newton

tags: diplomacy

412 likes

#9

“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS

tags: qotd

9081 likes

#10

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
― Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

4326 likes

#11

“Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.”
― Oliver Sacks, Musicophilia: La musique, le cerveau et nous

2113 likes

#12

“Brain damage is never a good idea, no matter what your friends say.”
― Ted Chiang, Mind-Rain: Your Favorite Authors on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Series

22 likes

#13

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
― Seneca

tags: inspirational

1610 likes

#14

“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
― Seneca

tags: attitude, gratitude, happiness, inspirational-quotes, satisfaction

2224 likes

#15

“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

tags: perseverance, suicide, survival

2941 likes

#16

“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”
― William Gibson

tags: future, planning

1089 likes

#17

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

43938 likes

#18

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

tags: reading, writing

13093 likes

#19

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

tags: happiness, inspirational

11098 likes

#20

“What you can imagine depends on what you know.”
― Daniel Dennett

215 likes

#21

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: life, science, wisdom

14001 likes

#22

“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but 'That's funny...”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: attributed-no-source

1712 likes

#23

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
― Daniel J. Boorstin

tags: misattributed-stephen-hawking

3234 likes

#24

“Wszyscy udają, że pochodzą z jednej przeszłości, ba, nawet kłócą się o tę przeszłość: nie tak było! ja pamiętam lepiej! Trudno o większą głupotę.”
― Jacek Dukaj

6 likes

#25

“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
― Margaret Thatcher

tags: appearances, power

792 likes

#26

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
― Margaret Thatcher

tags: entitlement, government

818 likes

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