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Marcus Aurelius quote image about dealing with difficult peopleCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men. All of these things have come upon them through ignorance of real good and ill... I can neither be harmed by any of them, for no man will involve me in wrong, nor can I be angry with my kinsman or hate him; for we have come into the world to work together." Marcus Aurelius
Hannah Arendt quote about thinking, morality, and preventing catastrophesCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"This inability to think created the possibility for many ordinary men to commit evil deeds on a gigantic scale, the like of which had never been seen before. The manifestation of the wind of thought is not knowledge but the ability to tell right from wrong, beautiful from ugly. And I hope that thinking gives people the strength to prevent catastrophes in these rare moments when the chips are down." Hannah Arendt
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry quote about community, shared memories, and patienceCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions. It is idle, having planted an acorn in the morning, to expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of the oak." Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Gratitude and appreciation quote attributed to VoltaireCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. Tecumseh Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." Voltaire
Murray Rothbard quote about liberty, morality, technological progress, and modern capitalismCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Liberty and morality had to win their way slowly over many centuries, until finally expanding liberty made possible the great technological advance of the Industrial Revolution and the flowering of modern capitalism." Murray Rothbard
Samuel Adams quote about liberty and equality in the Declaration of IndependenceCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Before the formation of this Constitution it had been affirmed as a self evident truth, in the Declaration of Independence, very deliberately made by the Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled that 'all men are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights' This declaration of Independence was received and ratified by all the States in the Union & has never been disannuled. May we not from hence conclude, that the doctrine of Liberty and Equality is an article in the political creed of the United States." Samuel Adams
Inspirational quote image by Leo Tolstoi about serving God and personal responsibilityCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"It is within my power either to serve God or not to serve Him. Serving Him, I add to my own good and the good of the whole world. Not serving Him, I forfeit my own good and deprive the world of that good, which was in my power to create." Leo Tolstoi
Quote image attributed to Ivan Illich about telephone communication and privacyCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"The telephone lets anybody say what he wants to the person of his choice; he can conduct business, express love, or pick a quarrel. It is impossible for bureaucrats to define what people say to each other on the phone, even though they can interfere with - or protect - the privacy of their exchange." Ivan Illich
Ivan Illich quote about schools, compulsory education, and self-directed learningCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Schools that are freely accessible allow the organization of certain specific learning tasks which a person might propose to himself. Schools, when they are compulsory - as we see at this moment in the United States - create a dazed population, a 'learned' population, a mentally pretentious population, such as we have never seen before." Ivan Illich