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„Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons“

—  Bertrand Russell logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist 1872 - 1970

„It is not worth while to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible.“

—  Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910

Mark Twain in Eruption: Hitherto Unpublished Pages About Men and Events (1940) edited by Bernard DeVoto

„The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.“

—  Maya Angelou American author and poet 1928 - 2014

„Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.“

—  Maya Angelou, book Letter to My Daughter

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

„What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.“

—  Maya Angelou, book Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

Source: Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

„I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me "I love you."“

—  Maya Angelou American author and poet 1928 - 2014

The Distinguished Annie Clark Tanner Lecture, 16th-annual Families Alive Conference, Weber State University, May 8, 1997 - Full text online at weber.edu http://departments.weber.edu/chfam/familiesalive/angelouspeech.html3
Context: I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me "I love you." … There is an African saying which is: "Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt."

„At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.“

—  Maya Angelou American author and poet 1928 - 2014

This is a very close paraphrase of a quotation attributed to Carl Buehner in a book published many years earlier - “They may forget what you said — but they will never forget how you made them feel.” quoted in Richard Evans' Quote Book, 1971, Publisher's Press, ASIN: B000TV5WBW, although it is widely (mis)attributed to Angelou in her book Worth Repeating: More Than 5,000 Classic and Contemporary Quotes (2003) by Bob Kelly, p. 263,
Misattributed
Variant: People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.

„I don’t think I have to prove anything to anyone. I don’t expect anyone to give me any breaks. I’m not one of those people who wants to scream, ‘Give me a chance. I will show you what I can do!’ You know, I really don’t care. “

—  Robert Pattinson English actor 1986

„The greatest revenge is massive success.“

—  Les Brown American politician 1945

„‎Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.“

—  Les Brown American politician 1945

Variant: Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

„I have always condemned terrorism, because according to the glorious Koran, if you kill one innocent person, then you have killed the whole of humanity.“

—  Zakir Naik Islamic televangelist 1965

Pointing, that he supports no terrorism. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1927280,00.html

„If exposure of body is modernism, then animals are more modern than humans.“

—  Zakir Naik Islamic televangelist 1965

Zakir Naik https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7133146.Zakir_Naik

„I begin to long for some little language such as lovers use, broken words, inarticulate words, like the shuffling of feet on pavement.“

—  Virginia Woolf, book The Waves

Source: The Waves

„Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties.“

—  Michael Faraday English scientist 1791 - 1867

When asked about his speculations on life beyond death, as quoted in The Homiletic Review‎ (April 1896), p. 442
Context: Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties. I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

„You shall create beauty not to excite the senses
but to give sustenance to the soul.“

—  Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet-diplomat, writer, educator and feminist. 1889 - 1957

„Taxation is robbery based on monopoly of weapons“

—  Robert Anton Wilson, book The Illuminati Papers

Source: The Illuminati Papers

„When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.“

—  Jean Shinoda Bolen American psychiatrist 1936

„A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not.“

—  Ronald Reagan American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989) 1911 - 2004

television address (4 March 1987)
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)

„Live through deeds of love, and let others live with tolerance for their unique intentions.“

—  Rudolf Steiner, book Philosophy of Freedom

Philosophy of Freedom