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“What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone.”
― Alexander Pope, Essay on Man and Other Poems

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.”
― Carl Sagan

“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.”
― Carl Sagan

“we make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.”
― Carl Sandburg

“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”
― Charles Dickens

“Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.”
― Charles Dickens

“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.”
― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.”
― Joseph Campbell

“Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else.”
― Tennesse Williams, Camino Real

“One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.”
― Dale Carnegie

“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.”
― Helen Keller

“A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.”
― William Arthur Ward

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
― Will Rogers

“In the mountains of truth, you never climb in vain.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche