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To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. Sun Tzu
If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade. Aesop
And [he] sailed back over a yearand in and out of weeksand through a day and into the night of his very own roomwhere he found his supper waiting for himand it was still hot Maurice Sendak
Human nature is so constituted that the propensity for evil is always intensified by external circumstances, and the morality of the individual depends much more on the conditions of his existence and the environment in which he lives than on his own will. Mikhail Bakunin
Emily Dickinson quote: "We were all very friendly but we were like 4 monarchs each..."
We were all very friendly but we were like 4 monarchs each doing their own thing. Emily Dickinson
Is it thy will, thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night? Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken, While shadows like to thee do mock my sight? Is it thy spirit that thou send'st from thee So far from home into my deeds to pry, To find out shames and idle hours in me, The scope and tenor of thy jealousy? O, no! thy love, though much, is not so great: It is my love that keeps mine eye awake: Mine own true love that doth my rest defeat, To play the watchman ever for... William Shakespeare
Confucius quote: "Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when..."
Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean. Confucius
The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty-seven-year-old, I’m a fifty-year-old. I’ve been through all of them, and I know what it’s like. I delight in being a child when it’s appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it’s appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own. Mitch Albom
Voltaire quote: "I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself,..."
I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species. Voltaire
[Many artists], even the greatest ones, are not sure of their own existence. So they search for proof, they judge, they condemn. It strengthens them, it is the beginnings of existence. They are alone! Albert Camus
...a city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness. Nelson Algren
Joseph Campbell quote: "Instead of clearing his own heart the zealot tries to clear..."
Instead of clearing his own heart the zealot tries to clear the world. Joseph Campbell
These growth hormones, where can I get a bunch of them? Is there some way that, with electricity, you could stimulate your own growth hormones? Plug yourself in for five minutes, there'd be a little jolt, but you'd get used to it. It wouldn't be bad at all; in fact, you'd get to enjoy it, probably. Then away you'd go, and youth wouldn't be wasted on the young anymore. You'd be 25, with a 95-year-old mind. Granddad would start breaking into liquor stores and staying out late. Hope we have it... David Lynch
Michael Connelly quote: "What is jealousy but a reflection of your own failures?"
What is jealousy but a reflection of your own failures? Michael Connelly
Our contemporaries are constantly wracked by two warring passions: they feel the need to be led and the desire to remain free. Unable to destroy either of these contrary instincts, they seek to satisfy both at once. They imagine a single, omnipotent, tutelary power, but one that is elected by the citizens. They combine centralization with popular sovereignty. This gives them some respite. They console themselves for being treated as wards by imagining that they have chosen their own... Alexis de Tocqueville

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