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"And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of treesand changing leaves."

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🇺🇸Ralph Waldo Emerson

Literature

Western philosophy

1803–1882

"He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses."

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Literature

Age of Enlightenment

1749–1832

"Only mankind Can do the impossible: He can distinguish, He chooses and judges, He can give permanence To the moment."

"There is only one time that is important -- NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time that we have any power."

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🇺🇸Henry David Thoreau

Literature

Western philosophy

1817–1862

"I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.."

"From the true antagonist illimitable courage is transmitted to you."

"The king has sent me some of his dirty linen to wash; I will wash yours another time."

"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, and compassion"

"Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready."

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🇺🇸Thomas Mann

Literature

"The beautiful word begets the beautiful deed."

"How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into."

"The full expression of personality depends upon its being inflated by social prestige; it is a social privilege."

"The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive."

"If you don't know whether a body is alive or dead, you would never bury it. I think this consideration itself should be enough for all of us to insist on protecting the unborn."

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🇺🇸Buckminster Fuller

Philosophy

high-tech architecture

1895–1983

"There is an inherently minimum set of essential concepts and current information, cognizance of which could lead to our operating our planet Earth to the lasting satisfaction and health of all humanity."

"Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery."

"Creative Endeavour lost her wings, Mrs. Ape."

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William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor)

Politics

1590–1657

"The loss of...honest and industrious men's lives cannot be valued at any price."

"Morals were restrictive, but they were grounded on human experience."

"There is a certain advantage to the British accent. I do notice that Americans love it; they think that we Brits are smarter than perhaps we are."

"All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality — the story of an escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times — how to escape."

"This means a pension increase of 72p – a fair price for a bag of peanuts."

"Anyone who took their Catholic faith seriously stood alongside the Jews in mutual, mortal conflict with Hitler."

"We exist on several different planes, and when we said nothing had any reason we were referring to the psychological and social plane."

"If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom."

"The use of the word "just" by an Australian means that whatever it is you have to do, it will not be easy, as in "Just pull that sword out of the stone" or "Just split that atom."

"The Experience of Sacred Space makes possible the "founding of the world": where the sacred Manifests itself in space, the real unveils itself, the world comes into existence."

"This is an excellent martini—sort of tastes like it isn’t there at all, just a cold cloud."

"He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head."

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🇫🇷Guillaume Apollinaire

Literature

1880–1918

"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."

"People say to me, "You make fantastic films" and I say, "No, I make documentaries."

"The intimate fusion of races is the identity of our nation, its personality."

"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."

"He was very difficult to work with. When he felt like it, it was just bliss. But he could be hideous."

"He had that spooky bass voice meant to announce that he had entered the kingdom of manhood, but Rosalie knew that he was still outside the gates."

"The loneliness of the man is slowly being borne in upon me. There is not a man aboard but hates or fears him, nor is there a man whom he does not despise."

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