A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. Nelson Mandela
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. Nelson Mandela
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! Albert Einstein
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? Albert Einstein
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. Albert Einstein
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily. Thomas Szasz
By not caring too much about what people think, I’m able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed. Albert Ellis
There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy. Albert Ellis
One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often. Erich Fromm
Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either. Erich Fromm
The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers. Erich Fromm
There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself. Erich Fromm
Nothing can have value without being an object of utility. Karl Marx
The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself. Saul Alinsky
You must do the things you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt
A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. Oscar Wilde
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative. Martin Luther King Jr.
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. Thomas H. Huxley
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors. Thomas H. Huxley
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation. Thomas H. Huxley
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence. Thomas H. Huxley
Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady. Thomas H. Huxley
The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. Mark Twain
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain
The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers. Carl Jung
By learning to discover and value our ordinariness, we nurture a friendliness toward ourselves and the world that is the essence of a healthy soul. Thomas Moore
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. Thomas Paine
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. Thomas Paine
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us. Hermann Hesse
I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate. George Burns
Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. Albert Einstein
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Albert Einstein
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. Albert Einstein
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. Robert Ingersoll
The map is not the territory. Alfred Korzybski
As often as a study is cultivated by narrow minds, they will draw from it narrow conclusions. John Stuart Mill
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality. John Stuart Mill
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home. John Stuart Mill
Born Originals, how comes it to pass that we die Copies? Andrew Young
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. Aldous Huxley
Nothing is more despicable the respect based on fear. Albert Camus
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. J.W.V. Goethe
If everyone became so sensitive, I wouldn’t have to be so sensitive. Maximo Park
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we personally dislike. Oscar Wilde
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts.
Bergen Evans
The difference between fallibility and incompetence is a function of frequency and magnitude. James Teufel
Humility necessitates that a person has the opportunity to express oneself, and at least one other person expresses threat as a result of the former expression. James Teufel
The law of diminishing returns is clearly displayed when attending to egocentric people. James Teufel
So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly rise and make them miserable. Aldous Huxley
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them; but it is best to deserve honors and receive them. James Teufel (an extension of Mark Twain’s quote of: It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them.)
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King Jr.
It is better to be whole than good. Carl Jung
Don’t be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn’t do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn’t know what you know today. Malcolm X
Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. Thomas Szasz
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz