“No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
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“There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking it-self is dangerous.”
Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) Jewish-American political theorist
“Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.”
Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
Source: The Open Door (1957) This quotation is often contracted into: Security is mostly a superstition... Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. or paraphrased: Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
“Do not compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.”
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party
“We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.”
Sogyal Rinpoche (1947–2019) Tibetan Dzogchen lama of the Nyingma tradition
“We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world”
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variant: A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
“Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
“Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
As quoted by LIFE magazine (2 May 1955)
1950s
Variant: Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
“The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.”
William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.”
Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.
“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.”
Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.
“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.
Source: Fables
“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.”
Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer
“When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.”
Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Garden of Eden
Marita in Ch. 11
Source: The Garden of Eden (1986)
“If people talk behind your back, it's because you're ahead of them.”
Zayn Malik (1993) British singer