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- As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him, that it is above the clouds, in the past or in the future, he will go outside himself and seek fulfillment where it cannot be found. He will look for solutions and answers at every point except where they can be found--in himself.
- Erich Frohm
- It is the individual's task to differentiate himself from all the others and stand on his own feet. All collective identities... interfere with the fulfillment of this task. Such collective identities are crutches for the lame, shields for the timid, beds for the lazy, nurseries for the irresponsible....
- C. G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections
- Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
- Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)
- In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
- Virtues are acquired through endeavor,
Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts. - Nagarjuna
- How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.
- Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams
- No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.
- Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919)
- This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Hamlet
- Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
- Richard M. Nixon (1913 - 1994)
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