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"I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking."

"I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking."

Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author

Knowledge, Quotation, Thinking

393

"The day we decide to drop the flimsy makeshift scenarios in our cluttered mind and eschew the 'alleluias' of self-importance, life can become genuine, lucid and graceful, like a flow of wellness in the glow of a new morning. ['Words flew away like birds']"

"The day we decide to drop the flimsy makeshift scenarios in our cluttered mind and eschew the 'alleluias' of self-importance, life can become genuine, lucid and graceful, like a flow of wellness in the glow of a new morning. ['Words flew away like birds']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Simplicity, Ego, Authenticity, Grace, Clarity

324

"The barbarians never take a city until someone holds the gates open to them. And it's your own multicultural authorities who will do it for you."

"The barbarians never take a city until someone holds the gates open to them. And it's your own multicultural authorities who will do it for you."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Warning, City, Authority, Betrayal

246

"Direct your attention to people; love, help and care for them."

"Direct your attention to people; love, help and care for them."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Care, Love, Influence, Service

235

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."

Robert Brault, American Author

227

"When we give up the chase, we give up our wishing."

"When we give up the chase, we give up our wishing."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Mindset, Chase, Wish, Give-up, Desire

209

"When ambition ends, happiness begins."

"When ambition ends, happiness begins."

Thomas Merton, American Author

Happiness, Ambition

201

"Our challenge is not to let life mold us or break us."

"Our challenge is not to let life mold us or break us."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Courage, Challenge, Life, Mold, Break

196

"Recollection builds up our personality. Our individuality is based on all the little pieces we assembled in the past. ['The past was her best friend']"

"Recollection builds up our personality. Our individuality is based on all the little pieces we assembled in the past. ['The past was her best friend']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Identity, Memory, Personality, Past

178

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

Mark Twain, American Author

Wisdom, People, Doubt, Fool, Open

175

"The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand."

"The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Religion, Man, Race, Will

173

"In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees."

"In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Religion, Influence, Reason, Supernatural

169

"Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul."

"Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul."

Edward Abbey, American Author

Integrity, Action, Sentiment, Character

168

"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."

"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."

Helen Keller, American Author

Wisdom, Vision, Being, Blind, Sight

168

"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery."

"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery."

Samuel Smiles, Scottish Author

Wisdom, Success, Mistake, Failure

166

"Art is a revolt against fate."

"Art is a revolt against fate."

Andre Malraux, French Author

164

"To feel today what one felt yesterday isn't to feel - it's to remember today what was felt yesterday, to be today's living corpse of what yesterday was lived and lost."

"To feel today what one felt yesterday isn't to feel - it's to remember today what was felt yesterday, to be today's living corpse of what yesterday was lived and lost."

Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author

Living, Today, Yesterday

160

"If you fell down yesterday, stand up today."

"If you fell down yesterday, stand up today."

H. G. Wells, English Author

Resilience, Today, Yesterday

156

"It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world."

"It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Death, Thought, Action, Dying

155

"Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel."

"Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel."

Horace Walpole, English Author

Life, Comedy, Tragedy

155

"Especially moments when things are very difficult and complicated for me and I am still trying to grasp what is happening and I am still trying to understand and to reach family back home."

"Especially moments when things are very difficult and complicated for me and I am still trying to grasp what is happening and I am still trying to understand and to reach family back home."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

Family, Home, Moments, Trying

155

"Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

"Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

E. L. Doctorow, American Author

Driving, Night, Writing

152

"We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power."

"We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Power, Irony, Needs

150

"All is worthwhile if the soul is not small."

"All is worthwhile if the soul is not small."

Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author

150

"In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?"

"In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?"

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

History, People, Country, France

149

"Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."

"Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."

Lewis Carroll, English Author

148

"If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not fully understand it."

"If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not fully understand it."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Books, Information, Mind, Reading

147

"The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war."

"The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

War, Hospitality

146

"Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code."

"Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code."

Larry Wall, Canadian Author

Career, Day, Writing

145

"There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy."

"There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Marriage, Ceremony, Man, Religious

145

"The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."

"The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."

Mark Twain, American Author

Inspirational, Books, Man

145

"There's a practical problem about time and energy, and a more subtle problem of what it does to a writer's head, to continually analyze why they write, where it all comes from, where it's going to."

"There's a practical problem about time and energy, and a more subtle problem of what it does to a writer's head, to continually analyze why they write, where it all comes from, where it's going to."

Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese Author

Time, Energy, Writer

143

"I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot."

"I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

142

"You can have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in you power."

"You can have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in you power."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Power, People, Man

139

"No man is as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman."

"No man is as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman."

Frank O'Connor, Irish Author

138

"Personal Branding is the combination of one's skills and talents to produce value for people that creates an impression, a perception and reputation in the mind of others."

"Personal Branding is the combination of one's skills and talents to produce value for people that creates an impression, a perception and reputation in the mind of others."

Bernard Kelvin Clive, Ghanaian Author

Business, Branding, Skill, Values, Reputation

138

"No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people."

"No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

138

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Motivational, Goals, First

137

"And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one."

"And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one."

Eyvind Johnson, Swedish Author

Hope, Injustice

136

"Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level."

"Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

136

"Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick."

"Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick."

Lin Yutang, Chinese Author

Values, Goodness, Kindness, Mercy

136

"The conclusion you can draw from these characteristics is that you have an uneven development of class activity and an uneven development of class consciousness in the working class."

"The conclusion you can draw from these characteristics is that you have an uneven development of class activity and an uneven development of class consciousness in the working class."

Ernest Mandel, Belgian Author

Development, Class, Consciousness

135

"Factions are a sign of illness in a party."

"Factions are a sign of illness in a party."

Ernest Mandel, Belgian Author

Unity, Illness, Party

135

"It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children."

"It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children."

Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghanaian Author

Family, Children, First, Parents

135

"You don't get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results."

"You don't get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results."

Mike Hawkins, American Author

Action, Actions, Results

135

"Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world."

"Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world."

Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author

134

"Your strategy for success must constantly move, change, and evolve."

"Your strategy for success must constantly move, change, and evolve."

Ziad K. Abdelnour, Lebanese Author

Strategy, Change, Success, Evolution

134

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

Mark Twain, American Author

Courage, Fear, Absence

134

"Could it think, the heart would stop beating."

"Could it think, the heart would stop beating."

Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author

134

"It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow."

"It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow."

Michael Ondaatje, Canadian Author

Responsibility, Writer

134

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