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“Never say you know the last word about any human heart.”
― Henry James

“If someone tried to take control of your body and make you a slave, you would fight for freedom. Yet how easily you hand over your mind to anyone who insults you. When you dwell on their words and let them dominate your thoughts, you make them your master.”
― Epictetus, The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life

“It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.”
― Carl Sagan

“Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”
― Isaac Asimov

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
― Maya Angelou

“The person who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever seen before.”
― Albert Einstein

“Once you saw Brenda, you knew Ronald Colman had been a dope for wandering around in the snow on those mountains; Shangri-La was in a valley easy to find — all you had to do was wait for Brenda to take off her clothes. The best part — or, looking back, perhaps the worst — was the sense that she was itching to do just that, as soon as she got the chance.”
― Bobby Underwood, Dangerous Crossing