#ak

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. ↗

— Epictetus

#men #take #them #things #view

We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#fallen #heroes #individually #invoke #our

On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#hand #heroes #kids #make #movies

How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress. ↗

— Niels Bohr

#how #making #met #now #paradox

An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field. ↗

— Niels Bohr

#field #knows #made #mistakes #narrow

Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#each #failure #key #key to success #mistake

We are set to make very bad history. ↗

— Tom Wilson

#history #make #set #very

The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass. ↗

— Nicolas Boileau

#also #break #fools #full #himself

I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to both write and speak. I view my role as writer and also as oral communicator. ↗

— Buchi Emecheta

#believe #both #communicator #enable #i

To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires. ↗

— W. E. B. Du Bois

#mighty #minds #play #stimulate #untrained