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The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. ↗

— Thales

#difficult #difficult thing #know #know yourself #life

Every conceivable cruel method of blackmail was used against me to obtain by force and at all costs confessions and statements both about comrades who had been arrested, and about political activities. ↗

— Ernst Thalmann

#activities #against #arrested #been #both

Then they held my mouth shut for a while and hit me in the face, and with a whip across chest and back. I then collapsed, rolled on the floor, always keeping face down and no longer replied to any of their questions. ↗

— Ernst Thalmann

#always #any #back #chest #collapsed

There is zero correlation between IQ and emotional empathy... They're controlled by different parts of the brain. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

#brain #controlled #correlation #different #different parts

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. ↗

— U Thant

#deserves #each #even #every #human

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace. ↗

— U Thant

#built #compassion #defenses #love #men

I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch. ↗

— Iain Glen

#happiest #i #i can #just #just be

With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face. ↗

— Iain Glen

#class #even #face #her #i

Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#biggest #biggest challenge #challenge #family #instruments

I know I can get to the stage where I'm drinking a lot. I tend to be rotten and groggy all day and hanging out for the next drink and five o'clock, ping! I have to just stop. ↗

— Trisha Goddard

#clock #day #drink #drinking #five