If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

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Those who manage their way into a crisis are not necessarily the right people to manage their way out of a crisis

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Any government is evil if it carries within it the tendency to deteriorate into Tyranny. The danger of such deterioration is more acute in a country in which the government has authority not only over the armed forces but also over every channel of education and information.

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The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

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Failure is success in progress

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A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

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Once you stop learning, you start dying

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Genius is making complex ideas simple, not making simple ideas complex

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. Imagination is the language of the soul. Pay attention to your imagination and you will discover all you need to be fulfilled.

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Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

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