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  • #1
    Alanis Morissette
    “I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.”
    Alanis Morissette

  • #2
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    “The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.”
    John Kenneth Galbraith

  • #3
    Thomas Sowell
    “Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.”
    Thomas Sowell

  • #4
    Thomas Sowell
    “Intellect is not wisdom.”
    Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society

  • #5
    Aristotle
    “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
    Aristotle

  • #6
    Aristotle
    “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”
    Aristotle

  • #7
    Aristotle
    “A friend to all is a friend to none.”
    Aristotle

  • #8
    Aristotle
    “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
    Aristotle

  • #9
    Aristotle
    “Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.”
    Aristotle

  • #10
    Sun Tzu
    “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”
    Sun tzu, The Art of War

  • #11
    Anthony Robbins
    “It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.”
    Tony Robbins

  • #12
    John  Adams
    “...I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.”
    John Adams, The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson & Abigail & John Adams

  • #13
    John Quincy  Adams
    “Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.”
    John Quincy Adams

  • #14
    John  Adams
    “I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved - the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced! With the rational respect that is due to it, knavish priests have added prostitutions of it, that fill or might fill the blackest and bloodiest pages of human history.

    {Letter to Thomas Jefferson, September 3, 1816]”
    John Adams, The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams

  • #15
    Horace Walpole
    “This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.”
    Horace Walpole, The Letters of Horace Walpole

  • #16
    Taylor Caldwell
    “Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.”
    Taylor Caldwell, Dear and Glorious Physician

  • #17
    Victor Hugo
    “Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.”
    Victor Hugo

  • #18
    Chuck Palahniuk
    “It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
    Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

  • #19
    Alanis Morissette
    “Being a sensitive empath is a beautiful thing as an artist, and it fosters a deep burning curiosity about why we do the things we do.”
    Alanis Morissette

  • #20
    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    Robert Frost

  • #21
    Alanis Morissette
    “I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.”
    Alanis Morissette
    tags: young

  • #22
    Susane Colasanti
    “If a girl starts out all casual with a guy and she doesn't tell him that she wants a relationship, it will never become a relationship. If you give the guy the impression that casual is okay with you, that's all he'll ever want. Be straight with him from the start. If he gets scared and runs away, he wasn't right for you.”
    Susane Colasanti, Waiting for You



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