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“But it is a well-known maxim of war that whoever tries to hold on to everything at once, finishes up by holding nothing at all.”

Erich von Manstein (1887–1973) German general

“He who does nothing makes no mistakes; he who makes no mistakes learns nothing.”

Luca Pacioli (1445–1517) Italian father of accounting

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”

Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983) Dutch resistance hero and writer

“Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense.”

E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet

“Rather be dead then cool”

Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist

“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if I can let them be… When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner"… I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”

Carl R. Rogers (1902–1987) American psychologist

“People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain.”

Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress

“The best way to know the soul of another country is to read its literature.”

Amos Oz (1939–2018) Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual

“If you steal from one book you are condemned as a plagiarist, but if you steal from ten books you are considered a scholar, and if you steal from thirty or forty books, a distinguished scholar.”

Amos Oz book A Tale of Love and Darkness

“I'm not performing miracles, I'm using up and wasting a lot of paint…”

Claude Monet (1840–1926) French impressionist painter

“Imperialism is a system of exploitation that occurs not only in the brutal form of those who come with guns to conquer territory. Imperialism often occurs in more subtle forms, a loan, food aid, blackmail. We are fighting this system that allows a handful of men on Earth to rule all of humanity.”

Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) President of Upper Volta

“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”

Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) Chilean poet

“Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they can only make you stronger.”

Keanu Reeves (1964) Canadian actor, director, producer and musician

“When you love something, you'll always come back to it. You'll always keep asking questions, and finding answers.”

Kobe Bryant (1978–2020) American basketball player

“All heaven's glory is within and so is hell's fierce burning.
You must yourself decide in which direction you are turning”

Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) German writer

“I'd make Liam my slave and I would make him be my (uh) personal trainer!”

Zayn Malik (1993) British singer

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Tell the your emperor; Where my power has reached, Emperor's dreams can not reach!”

Mehmed II (1432–1481) Ottoman sultan