#ration

Intellectually, what is stimulating to a young man is a problem of obvious practical importance. A young man learning economics, for example, ought to hear lectures from individualists and socialists, protectionists and free-traders, inflationists and believers in the gold standard. He ought to be encouraged to read the best books of the various schools, as recommended by those who believe in them. This would teach him to weigh arguments and evidence, to know that no pinion is certainly right, and to judge men by their quality rather than by their consonance with preconceptions. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#learning #objectivity #rationality #subjectivity #truth

Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#free-thought #inspirational #judging #life #motivational

I change the world, the world changes me. ↗

— Libba Bray

#gemma-doyle #inspirational #world #change

The architect represents neither a Dionysian nor an Apollinian condition: here it is the mighty act of will, the will which moves mountains, the intoxication of the strong will, which demands artistic expression. The most powerful men have always inspired the architects; the architect has always been influenced by power. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#inspirational

Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions ... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it. ↗

— Tina Fey

#inspirational #self-confidence #self-esteem #trying #change

Did you ever have a conversation with different parts of yourself. Try it. It can be fun. You never know what you have to say to yourself. ↗

— Art Hochberg

#inspirational #art

You know you can be as sweet as you want, or as tough as you want, or both at the same time. ↗

— Art Hochberg

#inspirational #art

Curiosity is the most powerful thing you own. Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality. ↗

— James Cameron

#inspirational #ted #truth #art

Everything, everything that you experienced up to this point is gone – gone – so go on. ↗

— Art Hochberg

#inspirational #art

Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma. Jefferson had a remarkable capacity to marshal ideas and to move men, to balance the inspirational and the pragmatic. To realize his vision, he compromised and improvised. The willingness to do what he needed to do in a given moment makes him an elusive historical figure. Yet in the real world . . . his creative flexibility made him a transformative leader. ↗

— Jon Mecham

#leadership #inspirational