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Cause nobody's the slightest idea who we are, or who we were, not even we ourselves - except, that is, in the glimmer of a moment of fair business between strangers, or the nod of knowing and agreement between friends. Other than these, we go out anonymous into the insect air and all we are is the dust of colour, brief engineerings of wings towards a glint of light on a blade of grass or a leaf in a summer dark.
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knowledge-of-self
human-condition
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Ali Smith |
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You must completely dedicate yourselves to it. To do less will be to let down your country, your state, your parents, your teachers, and ultimately, yourselves. Remember this: The only good citizen is the well-educated citizen.
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education
inspirational
dedication-and-attitude
education-knowledge
education-of-a-wandering-man
education-study-studying
knowledge-education
knowledge-habit-inspirational
knowledge-power
knowledge-teaching
inspirational-quote
knowledge-of-self
citizenship
reminder
knowledge
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Homer Hickam |
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"It's astonishing how much trouble one can get oneself into, if one works at it. And astonishing how much trouble one can get oneself out of, if one simply assumes that everything will, somehow or other, work out for the best." -Destruction"
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confidence
happiness
philosophy
wisdom
inspirational
essential
knowledge-of-self
human-nature
values
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Neil Gaiman |
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The New Your energy goes beyond anything you'll find anywhere else. It's too much for some people and it grinds them down, but it lifts up and animates the rest of us.
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individuality
inspiration
sadness
life
philosophy
knowledge-of-self
living-in-a-city
security
human-nature
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Lawrence Block |
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...alas, in most of us good and bad are closely woven as the threads on a loom; greater wisdom than mine is needed for the judging,
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reason
philosophy
wisdom
inspirational
knowledge-of-self
values
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Lloyd Alexander |
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They say that to know oneself is to know all there is that is human. But of course no one can ever know himself. Nothing human is fully calculable; even to ourselves we are strange.
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self-knowledge
knowledge-of-self
know-thyself
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Gore Vidal |
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"You must convince your chiefs that what you're telling 'em is important, which ain't difficult, since they want to believe you, having chiefs of their own to satisfy; make as much mystery of your methods as you can; hint what a thoroughgoing ruffian you can be in a good cause, but never forget that innocence shines brighter than any virtue, "Flashman? Extraordinary fellow - kicks 'em in the crotch with the heart of a child"; remember that silence frequently passes for shrewdness, and that while suppressio veri is a damned good servant, suggestio falsi is a perilous master."
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philosophy
wisdom
the-way-the-world-works
knowledge-of-self
experience
hedonism
human-nature
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