“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”
Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order
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“It's no shame to be born stupid. Only to die stupid.”
Erich Maria Remarque book Three Comrades
Source: Three Comrades
“It is not the length of life, but the depth.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
“Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you.”
Paul McCartney (1942) English singer-songwriter and composer
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
Yoko Ono (1933) Japanese artist, author, and peace activist
A line written by Ono many years before, and quoted by Lennon in December 1980, as quoted in All We Are Saying : The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono (2000) by John Lennon, Yōko Ono, David Sheff, p. 16.
Source: Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings
“Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
“It’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Variant: Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
Variant: I am not what happens to me. I choose who I become.
“The world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you.”
C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
Source: Memories, Dreams, Reflections
“The secret of success is constancy to purpose.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Source: Speech at banquet of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations, Crystal Palace, London (24 June 1872), cited in "Mr. Disraeli at Sydenham," The Times (25 June 1872), p. 8.
“Ignorance never settles a question.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Source: Speech in the House of Commons (14 May 1866)
