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“Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.”
— Lao Tzu
“Men do not attract which they want but that which they are.”
— James Allen
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
— Jesus Christ
“Where violence reigns, reason is weak.”
— Nicolas Chamfort
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.”
— Walt Whitman
“Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.”
— Bill Gates
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
— Confucius
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn't build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren't going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build.”
— Steve Jobs
“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
— E. B. White
“What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?”
— George Eliot
“Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.”
— Aldous Huxley
“Think of yourself as dead. you have lived your life. Now, take what's left, and live it properly.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“You must conceive it in your heart and mind before you can receive it. If you believe then all things are possible.”
— Norman Vincent Peale
“Most of us live our lives by accident - we live as it happens. Fulfilment comes when we live our lives on purpose.”
— Simon Sinek
“To be, or not to be: that is the question.”
— William Shakespeare
“Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.”
— Oprah Winfrey
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
— Henry Ford
“Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.”
— Jacqueline Bisset
“If youth knew; if age could.”
— Sigmund Freud
“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”
— Dean Karnazes
“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
— Albert Camus

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