Famous Quotes

[Foggy]

4072


"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."
-- Plato

"A great man is always willing to be little."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,
it is time to pause and reflect."
-- Mark Twain

"The only thing that interferes with
my learning is my education."
-- Albert Einstein

"Do something worth remembering.'
-- Elvis Presley

"Those who say it can’t be done are
usually interrupted by others doing it."
-- James Baldwin

"I would like to die on Mars.
Just not on impact. "
-- Elon Musk

[JamesG]

I was reading Marcus Aurelius and these are paraphrases that reflect his Stoicism:

- Human ignorance is involuntary, we must be willing to teach. Evil is not from malice, but from ignorance.

- The law of nature always flows, scriptures do not.

- Everything in nature shares the same origin and must be respected.

- Technology should not harm nature.

- Humanity is neither above or below nature.

- The path to virtue is hard and self-reflection is important.

- Hard work and discomfort are essential for success.

- No form of authority holds absolute truth or reason, views and opinions can change.

- Nature constantly changes - is never the same.

- Pleasure and pain is neither good or bad and is unavoidable for both good and bad people. Morality does not equate to good or bad things happening to oneself - karma does not exist.

- Forgiveness is from the self and not from others.

- Wealth and power should be given up if it gets in the way of virtue.

- Fear of a bad reputation can prevent those from doing what is right.

- Nothing is inherently good or bad unless it gets in the way of virtue.

- Being virtuous may require the giving up of ones life.

[Foggy]

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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

— The Declaration of Independence, 1776

[Ohio8]

Dave Grohl: "From one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most
important rock band all of all time."

[Ohio8]

Mark Twain: "I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."

[MA]

Albert Einstein: "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."

[Race's Girl]

“Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others."- Amelia Earhart