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“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” -Jim Valvano
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“Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.” -Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was born as Maria Ludwig Michael Mies on 27 March 1886 in Aachen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Aachen, Germany). He was an architect and a furniture stylist. He became an American citizen in 1944. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe passed on at 83 years of age on 17 August 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
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“There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.” -Henry van Dyke
Henry Jackson van Dyke, Junior was born on 10 November 1852. He was an American clergyman, educator, short story writer, poet, and essayist. Henry Jackson van Dyke, Junior passed on at 80 years of age on 10 April 1933.
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“Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt.” -William Van Horne
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“Try to put into practice what you already know; and in so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things which you now inquire about. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.” -Rembrandt van Rijn
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on 15 July 1606 in Leiden, Dutch Republic (now Leiden, Netherlands). He became a draughtsman, a painter, and a printmaker. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn passed on at 63 years of age on 4 October 1669 in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (now Amsterdam, Netherlands).
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“Don’t talk about what you have done or what you are going to do - do it and let it speak for itself.” -Martin Vanbee
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“It is less important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute opportunity.” -Arthur H. Vandenberg
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“If I had a nickel for every time I’ve written “for (i = 0; i < N; i++)” in C I’d be a millionaire.” -Mike Vanier
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“Each day, focus your attention on what you want. Each day, take one step that will bring you closer to it. All things are possible! The key is to identify it, claim it for yourself, and believe that you are worthy to have it.” -Iyanla Vanzant
Iyanla Vanzant was born as Rhonda Eva Harris on 13 September 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. She is a professional speaker and a writer.
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“Let him who desires peace prepare for war.” [translation to English]
“Qui desiderat pacem praeparet bellum.” [original Latin]
-Flavius Vegetius Renatus
“In time of peace prepare for war.” -Vegetius
“The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession.” -Vegetius
Flavius Vegetius Renatus, also known simply as Vegetius, was a military expert of ancient Rome.
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“Believe one who has tried it.” [translation to English]
“Trust one who has proven it.” [variant translation to English]
“Experto credite.” [original Latin]
-Vergil
“Fortune favors the bold.” -Vergil
“Happy the man who knows the causes of things.” -Vergil
“Perhaps one day this too will be pleasant to remember.” [translation to English]
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit.” [original Latin]
-Vergil: “The Aeneid” (about 29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), book 1, line 203
“The greatest wealth is health.” -Vergil
“They can because they think they can.” -Vergil: “The Aeneid”
“Too happy would you be, did you but know your own advantages!” -Vergil
“We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.” -Vergil
“Yield not to misfortunes but advance all the more boldly against them.” -Vergil
Publius Vergilius Maro, also known as Vergil or Virgil, was born in 70 B.C.E. He became a writer and a poet of ancient Rome. He is known for three major works of Latin literature: the “Eclogues,” the “Georgics,” and the epic “Aeneid.” Publius Vergilius Maro passed at about 51 years of age on in 19 B.C.E.
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“We painters use the same license as poets and madmen.” -Paolo Veronese
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“Those new regions which we found and explored with the fleet . . . we may rightly call a New World . . . a continent more densely peopled and abounding in animals than our Europe or Asia or Africa; and in addition a climate milder than in any other region known to us.” -Amerigo Vespucci
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“If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.” -David Viscott
David Steven Viscott was born on 24 May 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a psychiatrist and a writer. David Steven Viscott pass on at 58 years of age on 10 October 1996 in Studio City, California, United States of America.
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“Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.” -Karl von Clausewitz
Karl von Clausewitz was born in 1780. Karl von Clausewitz passed on in 1831.
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“Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“By nature, we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Everything that happens to us leaves some trace behind; everything contributes imperceptibly to make us what we are.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“He alone is great and happy who requires neither to command nor to obey in order to secure being of some importance in the world.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Gotz von Berlichingen” (1773)
“He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He only earns his freedom and his life
Who takes them every day by storm.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I am fully convinced that the soul is indestructible, and that its activity will continue through eternity. It is like the Sun, which, to our eyes, seems to set in night; but it has in reality only gone to diffuse its light elsewhere.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm. In the real world, all rests on perseverance.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“It is not enough to have knowledge; one must also apply it. It is not enough to have wishes; one must also accomplish.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Knowing is not enough; we must act. Willing is not enough; we must do.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Let us not forget that a man can never get away from himself.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Life is the childhood of our immortality.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it and others do just the same with their time.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“One ought every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship”
“Talents are best nurtured in solitude; character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Torquato Tasso” (1790), Part 1, line 2
“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Thinking is more interesting than knowing but less interesting than looking.” -Johann von Goethe
“Words are good but there is something better. The best is not to be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on 28 August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany. He became a scientist, a poet, a novelist, a dramatist, a natural philosopher, and a diplomat. His work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of meters and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and color; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe passed on at 82 years of age on 22 March 1832 in Weimar, Weimarer Stadtkreis, Thüringen, Germany.
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“I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.” -Wilhelm von Humboldt: as quoted in Jordan S. Metzger: “Lightning Fast Enlightenment: A Journey to the Secrets of Happiness” (2000), page 9
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt, also known simply as Wilhelm von Humboldt, was born on 22 June 1767 in Potsdam, Prussia. He became a German statesman, a diplomat, and a philosopher. He was a friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, and a brother of Alexander von Humboldt. He founded Humboldt Univesität (English: University) in Berlin. Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt passed on at 67 years of age on 8 April 1835 in Tegel, Prussia.
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“The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state. The history of the West, from the age of the Greek polis down to the present-day resistance to socialism, is essentially the history of the fight for liberty against the encroachments of the officeholders.” -Ludwig von Mises
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“By the time the average person finishes college he or she will have taken over 2600 tests quizzes and exams. The right answer approach becomes deeply ingrained in our thinking. This may be fine for some mathematical problems where there is in fact only one right answer. The difficulty is that most of life isn’t that way. Life is ambiguous; there are many right answers - all depending on what you are looking for. But if you think there is only one right answer then you’ll stop looking as soon as you find one.” -Roger von Oech
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“I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have lived and loved.” -Johann von Schiller
“Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.” -Johann von Schiller
The dignity of mankind is in your hands; protect it!
It sinks with you! With you it will ascend.
-Johann von Schiller
“The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.” -Johann von Schiller: “Mary Stuart” (1800), Act II, scene iii
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, also known simply as Friedrich Schiller, was born on 10 November 1759 in Marbach am Neckar, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire. He became a poet, an essayist, a historian, and a dramatist. He is the author of the plays “The Robbers” (1781), “Don Carlos” (1787), the trilogy “Wallenstein” (1796), “William Tell” (1804), and the poem “Ode to Joy” (1785). Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller passed on at 45 years of age on 9 May 1805 in Weimar, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire.
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“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” -Albert von Szent-Györgyi: “The Scientist Speculates” (1962)
Albert Szent-Györgyi von Nagyrápolt was born on 16 September 1893 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. He became an American biochemist. He is known for being the first person to isolate citric acid, also known as vitamin C. Albert Szent-Györgyi von Nagyrápolt passed on at 93 years of age on 22 October 1986 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’” -Kurt Vonnegut, Junior
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” -Kurt Vonnegut, Junior
Kurt Vonnegut, Junior was born on 11 November 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and an essayist. Kurt Vonnegut, Junior passed on at 84 years of age on 11 April 2007 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent.” -Marilyn vos Savant: as quoted in Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, and Andrew Frothingham: “And I Quote: The Definitive Collection . . .” (2003), page 53
“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.” -Marilyn vos Savant
Marilyn vos Savant was born in 1946. She is an American lecturer, writer, playwright, and an advice columnist (1986 - present) under the heading ‘Ask Marilyn’ in “Parade Magazine.”
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“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” -Jim Valvano
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“Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.” -Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was born as Maria Ludwig Michael Mies on 27 March 1886 in Aachen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Aachen, Germany). He was an architect and a furniture stylist. He became an American citizen in 1944. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe passed on at 83 years of age on 17 August 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
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“There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.” -Henry van Dyke
Henry Jackson van Dyke, Junior was born on 10 November 1852. He was an American clergyman, educator, short story writer, poet, and essayist. Henry Jackson van Dyke, Junior passed on at 80 years of age on 10 April 1933.
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“Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt.” -William Van Horne
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“Try to put into practice what you already know; and in so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things which you now inquire about. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.” -Rembrandt van Rijn
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on 15 July 1606 in Leiden, Dutch Republic (now Leiden, Netherlands). He became a draughtsman, a painter, and a printmaker. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn passed on at 63 years of age on 4 October 1669 in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (now Amsterdam, Netherlands).
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“Don’t talk about what you have done or what you are going to do - do it and let it speak for itself.” -Martin Vanbee
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“It is less important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute opportunity.” -Arthur H. Vandenberg
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“If I had a nickel for every time I’ve written “for (i = 0; i < N; i++)” in C I’d be a millionaire.” -Mike Vanier
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“Each day, focus your attention on what you want. Each day, take one step that will bring you closer to it. All things are possible! The key is to identify it, claim it for yourself, and believe that you are worthy to have it.” -Iyanla Vanzant
Iyanla Vanzant was born as Rhonda Eva Harris on 13 September 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. She is a professional speaker and a writer.
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“Let him who desires peace prepare for war.” [translation to English]
“Qui desiderat pacem praeparet bellum.” [original Latin]
-Flavius Vegetius Renatus
“In time of peace prepare for war.” -Vegetius
“The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession.” -Vegetius
Flavius Vegetius Renatus, also known simply as Vegetius, was a military expert of ancient Rome.
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“Believe one who has tried it.” [translation to English]
“Trust one who has proven it.” [variant translation to English]
“Experto credite.” [original Latin]
-Vergil
“Fortune favors the bold.” -Vergil
“Happy the man who knows the causes of things.” -Vergil
“Perhaps one day this too will be pleasant to remember.” [translation to English]
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit.” [original Latin]
-Vergil: “The Aeneid” (about 29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), book 1, line 203
“The greatest wealth is health.” -Vergil
“They can because they think they can.” -Vergil: “The Aeneid”
“Too happy would you be, did you but know your own advantages!” -Vergil
“We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.” -Vergil
“Yield not to misfortunes but advance all the more boldly against them.” -Vergil
Publius Vergilius Maro, also known as Vergil or Virgil, was born in 70 B.C.E. He became a writer and a poet of ancient Rome. He is known for three major works of Latin literature: the “Eclogues,” the “Georgics,” and the epic “Aeneid.” Publius Vergilius Maro passed at about 51 years of age on in 19 B.C.E.
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“We painters use the same license as poets and madmen.” -Paolo Veronese
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“Those new regions which we found and explored with the fleet . . . we may rightly call a New World . . . a continent more densely peopled and abounding in animals than our Europe or Asia or Africa; and in addition a climate milder than in any other region known to us.” -Amerigo Vespucci
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“If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.” -David Viscott
David Steven Viscott was born on 24 May 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a psychiatrist and a writer. David Steven Viscott pass on at 58 years of age on 10 October 1996 in Studio City, California, United States of America.
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“Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.” -Karl von Clausewitz
Karl von Clausewitz was born in 1780. Karl von Clausewitz passed on in 1831.
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“Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“By nature, we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Everything that happens to us leaves some trace behind; everything contributes imperceptibly to make us what we are.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“He alone is great and happy who requires neither to command nor to obey in order to secure being of some importance in the world.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Gotz von Berlichingen” (1773)
“He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He only earns his freedom and his life
Who takes them every day by storm.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I am fully convinced that the soul is indestructible, and that its activity will continue through eternity. It is like the Sun, which, to our eyes, seems to set in night; but it has in reality only gone to diffuse its light elsewhere.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm. In the real world, all rests on perseverance.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“It is not enough to have knowledge; one must also apply it. It is not enough to have wishes; one must also accomplish.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Knowing is not enough; we must act. Willing is not enough; we must do.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Let us not forget that a man can never get away from himself.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Life is the childhood of our immortality.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it and others do just the same with their time.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“One ought every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship”
“Talents are best nurtured in solitude; character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Torquato Tasso” (1790), Part 1, line 2
“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Thinking is more interesting than knowing but less interesting than looking.” -Johann von Goethe
“Words are good but there is something better. The best is not to be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on 28 August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany. He became a scientist, a poet, a novelist, a dramatist, a natural philosopher, and a diplomat. His work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of meters and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and color; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe passed on at 82 years of age on 22 March 1832 in Weimar, Weimarer Stadtkreis, Thüringen, Germany.
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“I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.” -Wilhelm von Humboldt: as quoted in Jordan S. Metzger: “Lightning Fast Enlightenment: A Journey to the Secrets of Happiness” (2000), page 9
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt, also known simply as Wilhelm von Humboldt, was born on 22 June 1767 in Potsdam, Prussia. He became a German statesman, a diplomat, and a philosopher. He was a friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, and a brother of Alexander von Humboldt. He founded Humboldt Univesität (English: University) in Berlin. Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt passed on at 67 years of age on 8 April 1835 in Tegel, Prussia.
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“The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state. The history of the West, from the age of the Greek polis down to the present-day resistance to socialism, is essentially the history of the fight for liberty against the encroachments of the officeholders.” -Ludwig von Mises
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“By the time the average person finishes college he or she will have taken over 2600 tests quizzes and exams. The right answer approach becomes deeply ingrained in our thinking. This may be fine for some mathematical problems where there is in fact only one right answer. The difficulty is that most of life isn’t that way. Life is ambiguous; there are many right answers - all depending on what you are looking for. But if you think there is only one right answer then you’ll stop looking as soon as you find one.” -Roger von Oech
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“I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have lived and loved.” -Johann von Schiller
“Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.” -Johann von Schiller
The dignity of mankind is in your hands; protect it!
It sinks with you! With you it will ascend.
-Johann von Schiller
“The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.” -Johann von Schiller: “Mary Stuart” (1800), Act II, scene iii
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, also known simply as Friedrich Schiller, was born on 10 November 1759 in Marbach am Neckar, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire. He became a poet, an essayist, a historian, and a dramatist. He is the author of the plays “The Robbers” (1781), “Don Carlos” (1787), the trilogy “Wallenstein” (1796), “William Tell” (1804), and the poem “Ode to Joy” (1785). Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller passed on at 45 years of age on 9 May 1805 in Weimar, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire.
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“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” -Albert von Szent-Györgyi: “The Scientist Speculates” (1962)
Albert Szent-Györgyi von Nagyrápolt was born on 16 September 1893 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. He became an American biochemist. He is known for being the first person to isolate citric acid, also known as vitamin C. Albert Szent-Györgyi von Nagyrápolt passed on at 93 years of age on 22 October 1986 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’” -Kurt Vonnegut, Junior
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” -Kurt Vonnegut, Junior
Kurt Vonnegut, Junior was born on 11 November 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and an essayist. Kurt Vonnegut, Junior passed on at 84 years of age on 11 April 2007 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent.” -Marilyn vos Savant: as quoted in Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, and Andrew Frothingham: “And I Quote: The Definitive Collection . . .” (2003), page 53
“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.” -Marilyn vos Savant
Marilyn vos Savant was born in 1946. She is an American lecturer, writer, playwright, and an advice columnist (1986 - present) under the heading ‘Ask Marilyn’ in “Parade Magazine.”
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