Tragedy – Stephen Jay Gould

“Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.”

– Stephen Jay Gould

Awareness – Albert Einstein

“Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.ā€¯

– Albert Einstein

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There you are – Unknown

“Wherever you go, there you are…”

– Unknown

On the first day – Unknown

“On the first day, man created God.”

– Unknown

Big egos – Diana Black

“Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space.”
– Diana Black

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Ride to the airport – Jay Leno

“Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren’t bad people; they’re just acquaintances.”

– Jay Leno

Thoughts and feelings – Charlie Chaplin

“We think too much and feel too little.”

– Charlie Chaplin

Man, Woman – Isak Dinesen

“Man and woman are two locked caskets, of which each contains the key to the other.”

– Isak Dinesen, pen name of Karen Blixen

Winter – Hal Borland

“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.”

– Hal Borland

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Butterfly moments – Rabindranath Tagore

“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”

– Rabindranath Tagore

Destiny – William Shakespeare

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”

– William Shakespeare

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Lighten burdens – Charles Dickens

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”

– Charles Dickens

Advice – Buchheit

“Advice = Limited Life Experience + Overgeneralisationā€¯

– Buchheit’s Law

Dream – Anatole France

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe”

– Anatole France

Believe nothing – Buddha

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it – even if I have said it – unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”

– Buddha