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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness, 1964
The trouble in corporate America is that too many people with too much power live in a box (their home), then travel the same road every day to another box (their office).Faith Popcorn, The Popcorn Report, 1991
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life....Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.Abigail Adams, letter to her sister, Mary Smith Cranch, 1784
The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.Emma Goldman, Living My Life, 1931
The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.May Sarton, Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, 1965
Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.Anne-Sophie Swetchine, The Writings of Madame Swetchine, 1869
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.Malcolm X
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?...While you do not know life, how can you know about death?Confucius, The Confucian Analects, bk. 11:11
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.Maurice Maeterlinck, Wisdom and Destiny, 1898