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Granny Weatherwaz was a witch. That was quite acceptable in the Ramtops, and no one had a bad word to say about witches. At least, not if he wanted to wake up in the morning the same shape as he went to bed. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#insults #witch #equality

Never do anything that you can't admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it's probably wrong. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#honesty #integrity #morality #truth #morals

I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words. ↗

— John Milton

#integrity #patience #suffering #wisdom #integrity

Be good to your work, your word, and your friend. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#integrity #integrity

I'm not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things I've gotten from books. ↗

— Beatrice Sparks

#sense-of-self #identity

If you understood everything I said, you’d be me ↗

— Miles Davis

#understanding #identity

It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!" I shall only look up and say "Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up: if not, I'll stay down here till I'm somebody else"--but, oh dear!' cried Alice, with a sudden burst of tears, 'I do wish they WOULD put their heads down! I am so VERY tired of being all alone here! ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#identity #loneliness #identity

Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#hubris #identity

I've always been famous, it's just no one knew it yet. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#fame #lady-gaga #fame

Peaceful is the one who's not concerned with having more or less. Unbound by name and fame, he is free from sorrow from the world and mostly from himself. ↗

— Rumi

#fame