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BOOKS
 “You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop
reading them” ― Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451)
 “A good book is an event in my life.” ― Stendhal. (The Red and the Black)
 “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” ― Cicero
 “I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life
when you most need them.” ― Emma Thompson (British actress and
screenwriter)
 “If you don't like to read, you haven't found the right book.” ― J.K Rowling
 “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in
reading it at all.” ― Oscar Wilde
 “Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be
chewed and digested thoroughly.” ― Sir Francis Bacon
 “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
― St. Augustine
SCIENCE
 “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once
in a while, or the light won't come in.” ― Isaac Asimov
 “The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all
comprehensible.” ― Albert Einstein
 “Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.” ―Robert A. Heinlein
 “What is research but a blind date with knowledge?” ―Will Harvey
 “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster
than society gathers wisdom.” ― Isaac Asimov
 “Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.” ―Immanuel Kant
ART
 “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” ― Pablo
Picasso
 “A picture is a poem without words.” ―Horace
 “The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” ―
Emile Zola
 “Art is to console those who are broken by life.” ― Vincent Van Gogh
 “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” ― Banksy
 “Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso
FRIENDSHIP
 “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” ―
Walter Winchell (American journalist, broadcaster)
 “My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” ― Henry Ford
 “A friend to all is a friend to none.” ― Aristotle
 “Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.” ― Herodotus
 “Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.” ― Benjamin Franklin
 “Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” ―
Aristotle
LIFE
 “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind
on the present moment.” ― Buddha
 “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ― George
Bernard Shaw
 “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” ― Confucius
 “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at
least don't hurt them.” ― Dalai Lama
 “Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.” ― Horace
 “The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do,
and then do it.”– Henry Ford
 “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the
day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
 “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” ― Charles R.
Swindoll (American Christian pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher)
 “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” ― Lao Tzu
 “Honesty is the best policy.” ― Benjamin Franklin
LOVE
 “Where there is love there is life.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
 "The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for
ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves." – Victor Hugo
 "Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward
together in the same direction." – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 "Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary." – Oscar Wilde
 "Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is
someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."
— Oprah Winfrey
 "Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." — Robert Frost
 "Life is the flower for which love is the honey."— Victor Hugo
 "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone
deeply gives you courage."—Lao Tzu
MOTIVATION AND SUCCESS

 “If you can dream it, you can do it.” ― Walt Disney
 “It always seems impossible until it's done.” ― Nelson Mandela
 “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ―
Confucius
 “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ― Mark Twain
 “Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow.” — Mahatma
Gandhi
 “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees
opportunity in every difficulty." — Winston Churchill
 “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work.” — Thomas Edison
 “He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.” — Confucius
 “Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value.” –
Albert Einstein
 “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your
goal.” ― Henry Ford

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