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“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus

“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”
― Stephen Hawking

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
― William Shakespear, Hamlet

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
― Benjamin Spock

“We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.”
― Santosh Kalwar, Quote Me Everyday

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
― Plato