The main objects of all science, the freedom and happiness of man. . . . [are] the sole objects of all legitimate government.(A plaque with this quotation, with the first phrase omitted, is in the stairwell of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.) Writings: Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters
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Quote:- The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can't save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly.
The Tao of Pooh
Author:- Benjamin Hoff
Category:- time
Quote:- The main purpose of life is to be satisfied in the right way. That is, getting satisfaction from things that are beneficial to you rather than harmful.
Author:- Mwanandeke Kindembo
Category:- Life
Quote:- The main wish of the introvert is to avoid friends as well as enemies.
Author:- Mwanandeke Kindembo
Category:- Life
Quote:- The majority of us work to live and the others live only to work, they have no time to reflect or meditate on life.
Author:- Mwanandeke Kindembo
Category:- Life
Quote:- The Maker, Almighty God has done marvelous things!
Author:- Lailah Gifty Akita
Category:- motivational
Quote:- The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
Author:- Friedrich Nietzsche
Category:- knowledge
Quote:- The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.
Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley
Author:- Thomas H. Huxley
Category:- science
Quote:- The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.
Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings
Author:- Marquis de Sade
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his age or his nation, and from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the cooperation or consent of his deliberate reason.
The Problems of Philosophy
Author:- Bertrand Russell
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- The man who has not the habit of reading is imprisoned in his immediate world, in respect to time and space. His life falls into a set routine; he is limited to contact and conversation with a few friends and acquaintances, and he sees only what happens in his immediate neighbourhood. From this prison there is no escape. But the moment he takes up a book, he immediately enters a different world, and if it is a good book, he is immediately put in touch with one of the best talkers of the world. This talker leads him on and carries him into a different country or a different age, or unburdens to him some of his personal regrets, or discusses with him some special line or aspect of life that the reader knows nothing about. An ancient author puts him in communion with a dead spirit of long ago, and as he reads along, he begins to imagine what the ancient author looked like and what type of person he was.
The Importance of Living
Author:- Lin Yutang
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- The man who loves the rising sun must equally adore the darkest night. How else will the sun rise if not through the darkness? Who would enjoy the calm if they could not also embrace the storm? All greatness is born in the harshest conditions. It’s struggle, not having everything handed to you on a plate, which makes you great. If you’re afraid of struggle, you’re afraid of greatness. The Superman wants to march through hell. The Last Man wants to see only heaven. That’s why the Last Man does nothing of note, while everything done by the Superman is noteworthy. Are the masses taking a note of your life, or is there nothing to note? Most people vanish from their own lives. At the end, they realized they never lived at all. Most people impersonate being alive. It’s not a good impression. They don’t even convince themselves. But you always know when you have encountered one of the congregation of the Chapel of the Serpent. They always leave their mark … their bite.
The Church of the Serpent: The Philosophy of the Snake and Attaining Transcendent Knowledge
Author:- David Sinclair
Category:- knowledge
Quote:- The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
Confucius: The Analects
Author:- Confucius
Category:- motivational
Quote:- The man who says that all events are necessitated has no ground for critizing the man who says that not all events are necessitated. For according to him this is itself a necessitated event.
Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings
Author:- Epicurus
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing.
Author:- Oscar Wilde
Category:- knowledge
Quote:- The man who takes more pride in the steps to attain the result than the result itself cannot be stopped. The work truly instills the worth.
Non Negotiable: Ten Years Incarcerated Building the Unbreakable Mindset
Author:- Wes Watson
Category:- motivational
Quote:- The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right.
Author:- Henry Ford
Category:- motivational,inspiration