Ideas
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Familiar and Unfamiliar Quotations (norvig.com)
Love is the absence of judgment
Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness
Only with the heart one can see, what is essential is invisible to the eye
Happy slaves are the bitterest enemy of freedom
Context is worth 80 IQ points
Exercise is a wonder drug
And you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin'
Treat the small as large, the few as many, easy as hard
You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes
In the white room with black curtains Near the station
Do what you feel in your heart to be right, you'll be criticized anyway
Let no man pull you so low as to hate him
Ashes to ashes
The world owes you nothing. It was here first
What would your best version do?
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream
..Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Whether to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
Walk no more in shadows
Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something
A problem well stated is a problem half-solved
The hour's getting late
Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is
Many that live deserve death And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment
Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him
I see my red door and I want it painted black
You can't argue with all the fools in the world
Expect less, appreciate more
Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again
If you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something
What matters most is how well you walk through the fire
Still waters run deep
We wear the mask that grins and lies
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well
Everybody gotta learn sometime
Wars not make one great
Set aside your opinion, listen with a beginner's mind
Enabling great good also enables great evil
Things flourish then perish
Life will follow its path, neither reverse nor check its course, nor remind you of its swiftness, but glide on quietly
Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting
Go take a walk
Never wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it
It's not personal
O snail Climb Mount Fuji, But slowly, slowly!
The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat
The work is forgotten, kindness and love remains
And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you
Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don't freeze up
The planet is fine. The people are fucked
You can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart
And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last
Fear leads to anger Anger leads to hate Hate leads to suffering
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it
The point is, who will stop me?
Give support, not advice
Chop wood, carry water
The truth is rarely pure and never simple
Why do you fight with yourself?
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do
Make it work but also make it beautiful
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer
Fear is the mind-killer
The world needs a wash and a week's rest
May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out
Need little, want less
If you know when to stop, you are in no danger
I'd rather be happy than right any day
Take a walk
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live
Aus so krummem Holze, als woraus der Mensch gemacht ist, kann nichts ganz Gerades gezimmert werden
You can have too much liberty, equality, or truth, yet not too much justice
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans
Do nothing against your will, nor against community, nor without due examination, nor with reluctancy
Judge less, accept more
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost
Don't be so humble, you're not that great
Old pond... a frog jumps in water's sound
Mistakes of others are easier to notice than our own
Hell is truth seen too late
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city
Are you still young and dumb enough to know everything?
May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out
Stay humble
No one will bring back the years; no one will restore you to yourself
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity
Nothing in excess
Cast aside fear and regret, do the deed at hand
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow
Wherever you go, there you are
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment
I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early
How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man?
Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way
We overvalue people we don't know and undervalue those we do
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese
And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin'
Do not lie to yourself
If you realized, you'd be cheerful
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle
Stand at the brink of the abyss of despair, and when you see that you cannot bear it anymore, draw back a little and have a cup of tea
So through the night rode Paul Revere; In the hour of darkness and peril and need
Life is a great balancing act
The weak can never forgive
Treat people with kindness and respect, out of principle, even when they don't deserve it
Finish each day and leave the old nonsense behind. Tomorrow is a new day
She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she seldom followed it)
Don't think or judge, just listen
Give your mind some space
Sic vita est
Take the best and spread it around
Suit up!
Focus on what is in your control
A fit, healthy body is the best fashion statement
Dust to dust
Good is better than perfect
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Truth has many faces
Expect less, appreciate more
Courage is found in unlikely places
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry
Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular
Happiness, only real when shared
When you get it, will you still want it?
Don't panic
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it
Action is the antidote to despair
There will come soft rains
You don't have to get everything right. Define the few that must be right, and let go of the rest
..The dawn mist glowing The water flowing The endless river Forever and ever
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool
Focus on what is important
Each of us can heal
Never miss a good chance to shut up
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
Success comes from genuine interest
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent
Let not future troubles you, for you will have the same reason
Past and future are only in your head
California dreamin' On such a winter's day
In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move
Suspend judgment
Be kind to yourself. If you won't, who will?
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense
古池や 蛙飛び込む 水の音
Soft overcomes hard Weak overcomes strong
..The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here
Criticize less, appreciate more
How would your best version handle this?
..With all memory and fate, Driven deep beneath the waves
Reality doesn't go away when you stop believing in it
Don't compromise yourself, you're all you have
How much of our lives have we spent fighting shadows rather than simply enjoying the sun?
Life is what happens when you're not looking at a screen
Nature doesn't make long speeches
Mischief, thou art afoot, Take thou what course thou wilt!
You can always choose your way
Go take a walk
Action is the antidote to despair
Was du erlebst, kann keine macht der Welt dir rauben
Oh well, whatever, never mind
This is not misfortune, to bear this worthily is good fortune
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known
With every mistake, We must surely be learning Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me
Judge less, accept more
There is only one day left, always starting over
Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not
What are the most important problems in your field, and why are you not working on them?
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Take a sad song and make it better
Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people's hands
Beautiful is the moment, When the heart indifferent But finds time to just be
Being busy is wasting time
Think of yourself as dead You have lived your life. Now take what's left and live it properly
You cannot find peace by avoiding life
You become what you give your attention to
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
All along the watchtower, princes kept a view
Resist much, obey little
I read a book one day and my whole life was changed
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be
Neither blame yourself nor others
How miserable to acquire by toil and keep by worry
Environment affects us more than we suspect
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours
What is better than freedom and love?
Often times we call a man cold when he is only sad
I have substituted myself for providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me his place to punish the wicked
hollowed out, clay makes a pot where the pot is not, is where it's useful
It's only a drop of possible troubles all could go wrong yet only a few did
Whatever you are, be a good one
Desire is the mind-killer
Nature doesn't hurry, yet everything is accomplished
C'est la vie
We deal out judgment to others and seek understanding for ourselves
Is this the most important thing you should work on?
This is it
I wandered lonely as a cloud
Success is being free
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing
Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it
My course is set for an uncharted sea
The pain is neither unbearable nor unending, as long as you keep in mind its limits, and don't magnify them in your imagination
Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of mind
You must make a decision that you are going to move on
But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world; now lies he there
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig
Know where to stop
Look below the surface
Lay your weary head to rest
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts
It won't be as good as you hope, neither as bad as you fear
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed
Hands of a king are hands of a healer
It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then
I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree
Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know
Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer
Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile
The more I see, the less I know, the more I like to let it go
Neither blame yourself nor others
It's not personal
Short cuts make long delays
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
There must be some kind of way outta here, Said the joker to the thief
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch
It's good to learn from your mistakes, even better to learn from the mistakes of others
The future is not written yet It depends on what you do today
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do
Enjoy the sun
Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened
I jump to conclusions and oversimplify
Grinding your wheels won't solve your problem
I don't know enough about this to have an opinion
The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The order is rapidly fadin'
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple
It has to be simple to be reliable
If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change
I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once
The best way to predict the future is to create it
I look at the world And I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps
For the loser now Will be later to win For the times they are a-changin'
You can choose a different path
Walk slowly but walk
Past glories are poor feeding
Fear is the path to the dark side
Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can
You make your habits, then your habits make you
I pensieri stretti ed il viso sciolto
Time is heavy only when it is empty
Sub specie aeternitatis
All is well that ends well
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness
Hope itself is often better than what you are hoping for
All in all it's just another brick in the wall
The trouble with an open mind is that people will try to put things in it
Nothing really matters, Anyone can see
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional
There are years that ask questions and years that answer
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't
Come out better on the other side
Consider beginnings
Like all magnificent things, it's very simple
These violent delights have violent ends
If you are going through hell, keep going
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you
Nothing new under the sun
The mind can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven
Don't bother to impress anyone, impress yourself
How would you live if you had two years left? You may even have less
Stupidity is not ignorance, it is using the wrong mental model
Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking
Any fool can know. The point is to understand
If you can't forgive others, how can you forgive yourself?
What do you NOT want in life?
..Be a simple man, be something you love and understand
April is the cruellest month
Living is easy with eyes closed Misunderstanding all you see
Do. Or do not. There is no try
The first draft of anything is shit
..living as playing music
Comparison is the thief of joy
False hopes are dangerous
The great way is low and plain, but people like shortcuts over the mountains
...remember that what has once been done may be done again
Leave it better than you found
Don't be unhappy before the crisis comes
A distracted mind is a weak mind
I don't need no arms around me And I don't need no drugs to calm me
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
You're the average of the five people you spend the most time with
Expect less, give more
It's impossible. No, it's necessary
On the day they were to kill him, Santiago Nasar arose at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat carrying the bishop
What happens to a dream deferred?
Predicting the future is overrated
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight
Il faut cultiver notre jardin
So it begins
The future depends on what you do today
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra
Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing
This life's hard, but it's harder if you're stupid
I'm not young enough to know everything
For even the very wise cannot see all ends
Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
It's too easy to take good health for granted
Be here and now
Difficulties vanish when faced boldly
Hope excites more hope, ambition more ambition
..silhouettes of strange illuminated mannequins
Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light
My ambition is handicapped by laziness
Don't be a try-hard
No good deed goes unpunished
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger
Do nothing in anger
A man's got to know his limitations
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; The best lack all conviction, while the worst, Are full of passionate intensity
Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter
The power of the unaided mind is highly overrated
Wealth is being content, greed is a curse
I'm gonna shoot 'em on general principle
Don't take yourself too seriously
Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise
Have little and gain much Have much and be confused
Happiness is getting enough sleep, nothing more
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it
Let's take the backstreet
Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.
When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago
Ride ride for ruin And the world's ending
If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out
Outta order? I'll show you outta order!
Right words sound wrong
What does your heart tell you?
The price of freedom is dear yet it's worth it
What are men to rocks and mountains?
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead
Half doing is an expensive way of not doing
I have seen these trees innumerable times yet have I appreciated them?
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple
Begin at the beginning, the King said, very gravely, and go on till you come to the end: then stop
Expect everything, there might be no tomorrow morning for you
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone
How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps on the sand?
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
Everything you can imagine is real
Under the bludgeonings of chance, My head is bloody, but unbowed
Create more than you consume