It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
© Moliere
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Molière
French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
From little acorns mighty oaks do grow.
© American Proverb
© American Proverb
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
© Immanuel Kant
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Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724–1804) of the Enlightenment
The most successful people are those who are good at plan B.
© James Yorke
© James Yorke
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
© Michelangelo
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Michelangelo
Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet (1475–1564)
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.
© Alfred Tennyson
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.
© Buddha
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The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
© Lao Tzu
© Lao Tzu
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Laozi
Laozi (/ˈlaʊdzə/, Chinese: 老子), also romanized as Lao Tzu and various other ways, was a semi-legendary ancient Chinese philosopher, author of the Tao Te Ching, the foundational text of Taoism along with the Zhuangzi. Laozi is a Chinese honorific, typically…
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
© Marcus Aurelius
© Marcus Aurelius
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Marcus Aurelius
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
© Marcus Aurelius
© Marcus Aurelius
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Marcus Aurelius
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What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
© John Lubbock
© John Lubbock
Deeds of kindness are equal in weight to all the commandments.
© Talmud
© Talmud
There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
© Benjamin Haydon
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Benjamin Haydon
English painter, specialising in grand historical pictures (1786-1846)
To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
© Napoleon Bonaparte
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns…
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
© Marcus Aurelius
© Marcus Aurelius
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Marcus Aurelius
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