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Jordan Peterson photo

“There are only three options in dealing with people: it will either be slavery, tyranny, or negotiation.”

Jordan Peterson (1962) Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology

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“I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream.”

Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)

As quoted in Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity (1997) by Jan Phillips, p. 176
Undated

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“The more perfect a person is on the outside, the more demons they have on the inside.”

Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
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“he who feeds you, controls you”

Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) President of Upper Volta
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“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

In answer to a question asked by the editors of Youth, a journal of Young Israel of Williamsburg, NY. Quoted in the New York Times, June 20, 1932, pg. 17 http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40617F83B5A13738DDDA90A94DE405B828FF1D3
Unsourced variant: Only a life in the service of others is worth living.
1930s
Variant: I believe in one thing—that only a life lived for others is a life worth living.

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“Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, "'Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta."”

Diogenes of Sinope (-404–-322 BC) ancient Greek philosopher, one of the founders of the Cynic philosophy

Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 27
Quoted by Diogenes Laërtius

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“A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting… Thus a man of knowledge sweats and puffs and if one looks at him he is just like an ordinary man, except that the folly of his life is under his control.”

Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998) Peruvian-American author

Source: Carlos Castaneda (1971) Separate Reality: Conversations With Don Juan. p. 85; As cited in: Eugene Dupuis (2001) Time Shift: Managing Time to Create a Life You Love. Ch. 5: Self Management

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“One size does not fit all.”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
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“Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”

Variant: Be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud.
Source: Letter to My Daughter

William James photo

“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”

William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist

Source: 1890s, The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 22