The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. -- James Madison

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Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses, there's no substitute for hard work. — Hope Solo

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When children attend schools that place a greater value in discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prisons. — Angela Davis

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Knowledge is the intellectual manipulation of carefully verified observations.

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Therefore once for all this short command is given to you. 'Love and do what you will.' If you keep silent, keep silent by love; if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love: let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow.

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I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all. — Simone Biles

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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

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If you don’t see a clear path for what you want, sometimes you have to make it yourself. — Mindy Kaling

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The thirst for knowledge is like a piece of ass you know you shouldn't chase; in the end, you chase it just the same. ― George Pelecanos

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Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need to test this. It has the status more of religious truth than scientific hypothesis. The facts are absolutely clear. There is no question that in virtually all circumstances in which people are doing things in order to get rewards, extrinsic tangible rewards undermine intrinsic motivation.The bonus myth: How paying for results can backfire The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. — Albert Einstein

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