#1. “Few are guilty, but all are responsible.” -Abraham Joshua Heschel
#2. “Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” -Abraham Lincoln
#3. “We’re all puppets, Laurie. I’m just a puppet who can see the strings.” -Alan Moore
#4. “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” -Albert Camus
#5. “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” -Albert Einstein
#6. “There’s a time when a man needs to fight, and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny is lost, that the ship has sailed, and that only a fool would continue. The truth is, I’ve always been a fool.” -Albert Finney
#7. “One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny.” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
#8. “Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
#9. “The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
#10. “He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.” -Aristotle
#11. “I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.” -Ayn Rand
#12. “If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.” -Baruch Spinoza
#13. “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” -Benjamin Franklin
#14. “I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.” -Bertrand Russell
#15. “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” -Carl Jung
Also, the first person to guess the next quote will win a free copy of my new book – 150 Quotes That Will Make You A Better Person. That’s it, nothing else to it. I will reach out for a mailing address tomorrow. Cheers
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I’m sorry man, but most of these need to be told along with their context, otherwise they mean nothing…
That’s the problem with fancy sounding quotes. Their interpretation matters the most, and it must a correct interpretation. Context, context, context, or go home.
I’m irritated by these quotes, so I’m learning something about myself. Something I already knew
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#1. “Few are guilty, but all are responsible.” -Abraham Joshua Heschel
#2. “Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” -Abraham Lincoln
#3. “We’re all puppets, Laurie. I’m just a puppet who can see the strings.” -Alan Moore
#4. “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” -Albert Camus
#5. “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” -Albert Einstein
#6. “There’s a time when a man needs to fight, and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny is lost, that the ship has sailed, and that only a fool would continue. The truth is, I’ve always been a fool.” -Albert Finney
#7. “One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny.” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
#8. “Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
#9. “The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
#10. “He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.” -Aristotle
#11. “I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.” -Ayn Rand
#12. “If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.” -Baruch Spinoza
#13. “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” -Benjamin Franklin
#14. “I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.” -Bertrand Russell
#15. “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” -Carl Jung
Also, the first person to guess the next quote will win a free copy of my new book – 150 Quotes That Will Make You A Better Person. That’s it, nothing else to it. I will reach out for a mailing address tomorrow. Cheers
I’m sorry man, but most of these need to be told along with their context, otherwise they mean nothing…
That’s the problem with fancy sounding quotes. Their interpretation matters the most, and it must a correct interpretation. Context, context, context, or go home.
I’m irritated by these quotes, so I’m learning something about myself. Something I already knew