Parents Forgive Their Children – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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Each Person’s Task in Life – Quote by Leo Tolstoy
“Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.”
Leo Tolstoi
The Secret of Success – Mark Twain Quotes
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
Mark Twain
Mark Twain Quote on Imagination and Perception
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
Mark Twain
Quote by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: To Give and Take
“To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Leo Tolstoi Quote About Happiness and Love
“Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.”
Leo Tolstoi
Mark Twain Quote on Wisdom and Silence
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Mark Twain
The truth does not need a costume – yoice.net
“The truth does not need a costume.”
yoice.net
Orwell and Huxley on Fear of Control – Neil Postman
“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.”
Neil Postman
Technology and Its Consequences – Neil Postman
“Technology always has unforeseen consequences, and it is not always clear, at the beginning, who or what will win, and who or what will lose.”
Neil Postman