"To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little."

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“When lying to someone, look him straight in the eye.”

“Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.”

“Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it.”

“Wisdom remembers. Happiness forgets.”

“Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.”

“Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.”

Resonant Thoughts

"I see you're leaving me and taking up with the enemy the cold comfort of the in between a little less than a human being a little less than a happy high a little less than a suicide the only things th…"

— Elliott Smith

Music1969–2003

#philosophy

"We do not have to compare our achievements with those of others. We need only to ask ourselves one question: Have I given my best?"

— Ben Carson

Politics1951

#success

"Our program was a scientific one it must be constantly changed at minor points to meet the continuous advance of science. And I maintain that no man – Marx, in spite of his comprehensive and deep inte…"

— Wilhelm Liebknecht

Politics1736–1805

#science

"Before we reach the majestic shores of the Promised Land, there is a frustrating and bewildering wilderness ahead. We must still face prodigious hilltops of opposition and gigantic mountains of resist…"

— Martin Luther King

Social Activism1929–1968

#justice