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“We read to know we're not alone.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

“Freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast.”
― Viktor E. Frankl

“I have yet to find the person, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.”
― Charles Schwab

“Too much thought is bad for the soul, for art, and for crime. It is also a sign of middle age.”
― Patrick Hamilton

“Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

[Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]”
― John F. Kennedy

“A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.”
― John Barrymore

“Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.”
― James Allen

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”
― Frank A. Clark