#pro

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#doubt #fool #going #greatest #greatest obstacle

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#another #cemetery #colony #earliest #founders

People say history is boring, and that is true because people are boring. We haven't changed since time began. We're still the same. We've obviously made some changes. When we started, it was all about food, clothing and shelter. Now we watch 'Top Chef', 'Project Runway', and 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.' ↗

— Colin Hay

#because #began #boring #changed #changes

I find that when we really love and accept and approve of ourselves exactly as we are, then everything in life works. ↗

— Louise L. Hay

#approve #everything #exactly #find #i

Writers say many true things about their own experiences with publicity and promotion. ↗

— Teresa Nielsen Hayden

#experiences #many #own #promotion #publicity

Carbon is probably a bit harder to wrap since it's procedural. ↗

— Bill Hayden

#carbon #harder #probably #procedural #since

I had done Shrek as a Canadian and I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I knew I could give more to it. ↗

— Mike Myers

#could #done #give #had #i

Misogyny… is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who is confronted with it. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#feminist #joss-whedon #pro-feminist #whedon #equality

The politicians of New York have everything that is necessary to make proper decisions and they will have to live with what happens afterwards. The worst scenario is the politicians covering their eyes and turning it over to the FBI. ↗

— Tom Hayden

#covering #decisions #everything #eyes #fbi

To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

#belief #enable #entirely #fact #harm