“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
Franz Kafka · Letter to Oskar Pollak, January 27, 1904
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Wisdom Quotes
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286 quotes on wisdom and truth — from the classics to the everyday.
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”
George R.R. Martin · A Dance with Dragons, 2011
“I'd rather make something that divides people than something that bores everyone equally.”
Oliver Tree
“I've always felt like I existed outside of every group.”
Oliver Tree
“I don't care what anyone thinks of me. That's my greatest strength.”
Oliver Tree
“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.”
Isak Dinesen
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Martin Luther King Jr. · Strength to Love, 1963
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
Robert Frost
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
Joseph Campbell
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
Confucius
“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
Albert Einstein
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates · Plato, Apology, 399 BC
“If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”
Elon Musk · Interview, various
“I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.”
Elon Musk · Interview, various
