‘We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart’ – Blaise Pascal
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Know the truth – Blaise Pascal
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Make mistakes of ambition – Niccolò Machiavelli
“All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it’s impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.” – Niccolò …
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Deserved – Alain De Botton
“We should stop thinking we don’t deserve success: the universe does not distribute its gifts and its horrors with divinely accurate knowledge of the good and bad within each of us. Most of what we win is not quite deserved – and most of …
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The big questions – George Saunders
“Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial.” – George Saunders
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Irritates – Carl Jung
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” – Carl Jung
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Noise proves nothing – Mark Twain
“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she has laid an asteroid.” – Mark Twain
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Inspiration – Chuck Close
“Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just show up and get to work.” – Chuck Close
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Worn around the edges – Kim @selfmyths
“I like them worn around the edges, those whose hearts have outgrown their bodies.” – Kim @selfmyths
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Lost in the woods – Franz Kafka
“We are as forlorn as children lost in the woods. When you stand in front of me and look at me, what do you know of the griefs that are in me and what do I know of yours. And if I were to …
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A lie – Jonathan Swift
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” – Jonathan Swift