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"Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate."

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Democritus

#Education Quotes #Ornaments Quotes #Unfortunate Quotes

  • “Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.”

  • “All seemed well pleased, all seemed, but were not all.”

  • “We must act as if our institutions are ours to create, our learning is ours to define, our leadership we seek is ours to become.”

    Source : Peter Block (2003). “The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters”, p.92, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

  • “While many comics have a secret persona, I fundamentally want to be myself.”

  • “You write for the people in high school who ignored you. We all do.”

  • “We are not just humans learning to become buddhas, but also buddhas waking up in human form, learning to become fully human.”

  • “Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.”

  • “I'm an artist and I can draw very well. I'm amazed that everybody can't draw well because I can do it so effortlessly.”

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