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  • When I come upon anything-in Logic or in any other hard subject-that entirely puzzles me, I find it a capital plan to talk it over, aloud, even when I am all alone. One can explain things so clearly to one's self! And then, you know, one is so patient with one's self: one never gets irritated at one's own stupidity!
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Lewis Carroll Quotes , Self Quotes , Stupidity Quotes
  • Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand-thousand men, is he who would conquer just one — himself. Better to conquer yourself than others. When you've trained yourself, living in constant self-control, neither a deva nor gandhabba, nor a Mara banded with Brahmas, could turn that triumph back into defeat.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Men Quotes , Self Quotes
  • We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent or self-satisfied; they are, if sound, the spearhead of progress. If they are fundamentally wrong, free discussion will in time put an end to them.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Abraham Flexner Quotes , Science Quotes , Self Quotes
  • There is nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics...When this country is operating off a common ground, nobody can stop us. But when we're divided, then we end up having a whole lot of self-inflicted problems.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Country Quotes , Self Quotes