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"No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal."

"No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal."

Marilyn Ferguson, American Writer

Change, Argument, Open

29

"Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth."

"Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth."

June Jordan, American Writer

Poetry, Truth, Act

29

"Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it."

"Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it."

Richard Whately, English Writer

Time, Day, Will

29

"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened."

"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Mystery, Bizarre, Inexplicable, States, Theory

29

"Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it."

"Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it."

Philip K. Dick, American Writer

29

"A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it."

"A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it."

John Le Carre, English Writer

Experience, Population

29

"He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him."

"He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him."

Roger Ascham, English Writer

Man, Men, People, Judgment

29

"The most important sign in Matthew has to be the restoration of the Jews to the land in the rebirth of Israel."

"The most important sign in Matthew has to be the restoration of the Jews to the land in the rebirth of Israel."

Hal Lindsey, American Writer

Politics, Israel, Land, Rebirth

29

"Human beings are ultimately nothing but carriers-passageways- for genes. They ride us into the ground like racehorses from generation to generation. Genes don't think about what constitutes good or evil. They don't care whether we are happy or unhappy. We're just means to an end for them. The only thing they think about is what is most efficient for them."

"Human beings are ultimately nothing but carriers-passageways- for genes. They ride us into the ground like racehorses from generation to generation. Genes don't think about what constitutes good or evil. They don't care whether we are happy or unhappy. We're just means to an end for them. The only thing they think about is what is most efficient for them."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Biology, Humanity, Survival, Instinct, Nature

29

"A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair."

"A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Family, Father, Son, Despair, Inheritance

29

"There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect."

"There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Heart, Eye, Intellect, Road

29

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."

Voltaire, French Writer

Nature, Art, Disease, Medicine

29

"What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do - especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road."

"What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do - especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road."

William Least Heat Moon, American Writer

People, Past, Right, Road

29

"Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers."

"Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers."

Alain de Botton, English Writer

Philosophy, Writers

29

"Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old."

"Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Man, Old, Wishes

29

"Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time."

"Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Attitude, Time, Character, Result

29

"We want to live at any price; so we cannot burden ourselves with feelings which, though they might be ornamental enough in peace-time, would be out of place here."

"We want to live at any price; so we cannot burden ourselves with feelings which, though they might be ornamental enough in peace-time, would be out of place here."

Erich Maria Remarque, German Writer

Peace, Feelings, Burden, Want

29

"The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success."

"The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success."

Denis Waitley, American Writer

Attitude, Success, Talent

29

"What TV is extremely good at - and realize that this is "all it does" - is discerning what large numbers of people think they want, and supplying it."

"What TV is extremely good at - and realize that this is "all it does" - is discerning what large numbers of people think they want, and supplying it."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

People, Numbers, Want

29

"I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance, and if you have anxiety about initiating a project, then of course you will associate risk with failure."

"I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance, and if you have anxiety about initiating a project, then of course you will associate risk with failure."

Seth Godin, American Writer

Anxiety, Failure, Fear, Risk

29

"Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition."

"Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition."

Thomas Kuhn, American Writer

Research, Tradition

29

"I feel that everyone has a right to be insane."

"I feel that everyone has a right to be insane."

Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American Writer

Individuality, Right

29

"Belief is the death of intelligence."

"Belief is the death of intelligence."

Robert Anton Wilson, American Writer

Death, Intelligence, Belief

29

"Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing."

"Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing."

Doris Lessing, English Writer

Borrowing, Interest

29

"The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all."

"The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

29

"It's when you smell the breeze, taste the salt and feel the waves beneath your feet that you truly know that you are alive."

"It's when you smell the breeze, taste the salt and feel the waves beneath your feet that you truly know that you are alive."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

Awareness, Nature, Life, Experience

29

"A certain something, he felt, had managed to work its way in through a tiny opening and was trying to fill a blank space inside him. The void was not one that she had made. It had always been there inside him. She had merely managed to shine a special light on it."

"A certain something, he felt, had managed to work its way in through a tiny opening and was trying to fill a blank space inside him. The void was not one that she had made. It had always been there inside him. She had merely managed to shine a special light on it."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Self, Light, Existence, Emotion

29

"To light a candle is to cast a shadow."

"To light a candle is to cast a shadow."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Existence, Light, Shadow

29

"Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes."

"Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Reality, Truth, Perception, Denial

29

"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop."

"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

29

"Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent but had been stained by their own past history of invading other Asian countries."

"Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent but had been stained by their own past history of invading other Asian countries."

Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese Writer

History, People, Countries, Living

29

"All oppression creates a state of war."

"All oppression creates a state of war."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

War, Oppression, State

29

"The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius."

"The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Talent, Genius, Open, World

29

"In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way."

"In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way."

June Jordan, American Writer

29

"There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong."

"There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Reflection, Solution, Wrong

29

"Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law."

"Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

Religion, Law, Persecution

29

"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."

"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."

Napoleon Hill, American Writer

Strength, Growth, Effort, Struggle

29

"Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events."

"Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events."

Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

Events, Fun, March

29

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Justice, Injury, Man, Vengeance

29

"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."

"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."

Marilyn vos Savant, American Writer

Wisdom, Knowledge, Study

28

"There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons."

"There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons."

Denis Waitley, American Writer

Mistake, Mistakes

28

"Positive anything is better than negative nothing."

"Positive anything is better than negative nothing."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Positive, Negative, Nothing

28

"Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder."

"Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

Procrastination,

28

"If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that Africa is a place where the people do not need limp gifts of fish but sturdy fishing rods and fair access to the pond. I wonder whether I would realize that while African nations have a failure of leadership, they also have dynamic people with agency and voices."

"If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that Africa is a place where the people do not need limp gifts of fish but sturdy fishing rods and fair access to the pond. I wonder whether I would realize that while African nations have a failure of leadership, they also have dynamic people with agency and voices."

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian Writer

Society, Leadership, Empowerment, Opportunity, Observation

28

"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."

"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

Possibility, Limits

28

"From politics, it was an easy step to silence."

"From politics, it was an easy step to silence."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Politics, Silence

28

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation."

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

Work, Existence, Mind, Problems

28

"If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear."

"If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear."

Ivo Andric, Bosnian Writer

People, Fear, World

28

"The Senate is an unknowing world."

"The Senate is an unknowing world."

Robert Caro, American Writer

Unknowing, Senate, World

28

"As for our garments, my Mother did not only delight to see us neat and cleanly, fine and gay, but rich and costly: maintaining us to the heighth of her estate, but not beyond it."

"As for our garments, my Mother did not only delight to see us neat and cleanly, fine and gay, but rich and costly: maintaining us to the heighth of her estate, but not beyond it."

Margaret Cavendish, English Writer

Family, Mother, Delight, Gay

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