“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
– Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities)
Two tragedies in life – Shaw
“There are two tragedies in life. One is not get your heart’s desire. The other is to get it.”
– Shaw
The opposite of despair – Kierkegaard
“To will to be that self which one truly is, is indeed the opposite of despair.”
– Kierkegaard
Buy – William Pietri
“People buy what they think they need, not what you think they need.”
– William Pietri
Remember – Joe Rogan
“If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe.”
– Joe Rogan
Snowflake – Stanislaw J. Lec
“Every snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.”
– Stanislaw J. Lec
Hear – Frank Luntz
“It’s not what you say, it’s what people hear.”
– Frank Luntz
Power to choose – Viktor E. Frankl
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
― Viktor E. Frankl
Education – Socrates
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
– Socrates
What you see – Henry David Thoreau
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Hands – Dorothee Sölle
“If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive.”
– Dorothee Sölle
Leader – John Quincy Adams
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
– John Quincy Adams
Mother – Honoré de Balzac
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
– Honoré de Balzac
Fraudulent intent – Titus Livius
“A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.”
– Titus Livius
Regret – Anne Frank
“Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.”
― Anne Frank