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“If you do not keep your word, you will have demonstrated that you do not hold yourself to standards of conduct. You will have demonstrated that you care more about your own personal happiness and whims than you do about the pain of others. You will have demonstrated that you do not value your relationships and even that you do not value the people you are in a relationship with. You will have demonstrated yourself to be a person who lacks Integrity and honor. You will have demonstrated that you cannot be relied upon and that you cannot be trusted. You will be seen as an unsafe person. You will ruin the way that other people will see you, most especially you will lose their respect. And on the road to this ultimate loss, you will have created non-stop conflict in all of your relationships.”

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher

“I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours.”

Tim Burton (1958) American filmmaker

“It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.”

Les Brown (1945) American politician

“Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.”

Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) German poet, playwright, theatre director

“No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear”

Solón (-638–-558 BC) Athenian legislator

“Nothing is more frightening than a fear you cannot name.”

Cornelia Funke Inkheart trilogy

Variant: Nothing is more terrifying than fearlessness.
Source: Inkheart

“Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world.”

Tove Jansson book Moominpappa at Sea

Source: Moominpappa at Sea

“Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.”

Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) American writer

The Summer of the Great-Grandmother (1974), p. 143

“Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel?”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

A similar remark was reportedly made by Pratchett in The Herald (4 October 2004): I'd rather be a climbing ape than a falling angel.
"I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist" (2008)
Context: Evolution was far more thrilling to me than the biblical account. Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel? To my juvenile eyes Darwin was proved true every day. It doesn't take much to make us flip back into monkeys again.