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“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Source: Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, with Annotations - 1841-1844
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes, it is letting go.”
Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) German writer
“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. ”
Alice Morse Earle (1851–1911) American historian
“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.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
'Where Do We Go From Here?" as published in Where Do We Go from Here : Chaos or Community? (1967), p. 62; many statements in this book, or slight variants of them, were also part of his address Where Do We Go From Here?" which has a section below. A common variant appearing at least as early as 1968 has "Returning violence for violence multiplies violence..." An early version of the speech as published in A Martin Luther King Treasury (1964), p. 173, has : "Returning hate for hate multiplies hate..."
1960s
Source: A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
Context: The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. … Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
“When you really want love you will find it waiting for you.”
Oscar Wilde book De Profundis
Source: De Profundis
“If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“For one moment our lives met, our souls touched.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Variant: For one moment our lives met our souls touched.
“Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious”
Oscar Wilde book Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
Variant: Patriotism is the vice of nations.
“As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her daughter, she is perfectly satisfied”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)
“You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray