Today Quotes
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You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.Heraclitus of Ephesus
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.Frederick Douglas
I do not want to die. . . until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.Kathe Kollwitz
The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.J. Paul Getty
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.Frank Leahy
It is the theory that decides what we can observe.Albert Einstein
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.The Buddha
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.Sir Francis Bacon
Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror.Herb Brody
Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.Samuel Johnson