"Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and -- if at all possible -- speak a few sensible words."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
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"The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination."
- Carl Rogers
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"Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they never stopped to enjoy it."
- William Feather
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"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat."
- Confucius
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"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum...."
- Noam Chomsky, The Common Good
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"The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."
- John F. Kennedy, [Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]
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