“I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.”
― City of Ashes
― City of Ashes
“It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.”
― Civilization and Its Discontents
― Civilization and Its Discontents
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
― Man and Superman
― Man and Superman
“Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.”
― State of Wonder
― State of Wonder
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