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FAVORITE QUOTATIONS


ON HUMANITY
“I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.”- Robert Burns


"The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity." George Bernard Shaw


ON REALITY


"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word." Martin Luther King


"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."  Soren Kierkegaard


"Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality."  EdgarAllen Poe


ON WIT


"Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation." Mark Twain


"Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another." Lord Chesterfield



ON POWER
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Abraham Lincoln


"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." Thomas Jefferson


ON SUCCESS

"To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence." Mark Twain


"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." Winston Churchill

ON WAR

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"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."
John F Kennedy


"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime." Ernest Hemingway


ON EXISTENCE



"Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence." Erich Fromm


"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being."  Carl Jung



ON SECURITY

"When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence."  Stephen Covey


"I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away."  Jack Nicholson


​ON PARTNERS

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."  Carl Jung 


"A successful marriage involves falling in love over and over, always with the same person."  Mignon McLaughlin


ON RESPONSIBILITY
"The most noteworthy moment in your life's journey is the moment you finally decide to accept responsibility for your choices, behaviours and attitudes. Only then will you know that you have truly begun to live."Tony Fiorini

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility."  Eleanor Roosevelt


ON SOULS
"Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes." 
​ Walt Whitman



"Discover who you really are and live that life. Your soul awaits the 
growth! Know the truth; accept the truth; live the truth and everything else will fall into place. Honesty is a reliable teacher." Tony Fiorini


​​ON THE INTERNET

​"The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers." J. K. Rowling


"The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow."      Bill Gates


ON MOVIN' ON

"Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind."  C. S. Lewis




​ON CLIMBING UPHILL

"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."  Vince Lombardi

As I get back home, my reality seems to be more trivial and to conjure up less hatred. God bless Canada!

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