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"History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. And the way to awake from it is not to be afraid, and to recognize that all of this, as it is, is a manifestation of the horrendous power that is all of creation. The end of things are always painful. But pain is a part of there being a world at all."-James Joyce

"To live an entire life without understanding how we think, why we feel, what directs our actions is to miss what is most important in life, which is the quality of experience itself." -Minhaly Scileszent

"Dont act as if you are going to live ten thousand years. Death always hangs over you. While you are alive and while it is still in your power be good."-Marcus Aureleus"

"Understanding man and his place in the universe is perhaps the central problem of all science."-Dunn

"A life not put to the test is not worth living."-Epictetius

"A thought which is not independant is a thought only half understood."-Wittgenstein

"Authority is at least as important a source of error as it is of knowledge."-Joseph Brennan

"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies."

"Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude." -Martin Luther King Jr.

"We must discern right action in confronting our challenges and make choices from the multitude of possibilities that exist rather than reacting and falling into old, automatic behaviors. We must liberate ourselves from the hope that the man on the white horse is coming to lead us to a better future. We are the ones who must do it - one heart and mind at a time - each beginning with ourselves." -Michael Moore

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow"

"An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea."

"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."

"It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways."

"There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills." -Buddha

"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

"Ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong." -Muhammad Ali

"Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily"

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools" -Napoleon Bonaparte

"Life is a tragedy for those who feel; and a comedy for those who think." -Chinese Proverb

"Love is blind. That is why he always proceeds by touch." -French Proverb

"When I rest I rust."-German Proverb

"Dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are." -Kurt Cobain

"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" -Confucius

"There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness." -The Dalai Lama

"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."

"The best way out is always through." -Robert Frost