The Quote First

I! I who fashioned myself a sorcerer or an angel, who dispensed with all morality, I have come back to earth. ~Arthur Rimbaud

Consider your origin. You were not formed to live like brutes but to follow virtue and knowledge. ~Dante Alighieri

The people are always impressed by the superficial appearance of things. ~Niccolo Machiavelli

Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. ~Benjamin Franklin

Social life is a distraction; true intelligence develops in solitude. ~Nikola Tesla

The most dangerous form of blindness is believing your perspective is the only reality.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time. ~Voltaire

Concentrate on a single goal, a single task, and beat it into submission. ~Robert Greene

The most dangerous form of blindness is believing your perspective is the only reality. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging. ~Warren Buffett

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity. ~Socrates

No intelligent person is interested in dominating others. His first interest is to know himself. ~Osho

Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. ~William Shakespeare

The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us. ~Phil Knight (Founder of Nike)

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. ~George Carlin

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness. ~Confucius

In all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other. ~Carl Sagan

Yet, if I could start over, I was sure I would do the exact same things again. Because that was me. ~Haruki Murakami

A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do. ~Haruki Murakami

Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. ~Roy T. Bennett