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  • It seems, in fact, that the more advanced a society is, the greater will be its interest in ruined things, for it will see in them a redemptively sobering reminder of the fragility of its own achievements. Ruins pose a direct challenge to our concern with power and rank, with bustle and fame. They puncture the inflated folly of our exhaustive and frenetic pursuit of wealth.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alain de Botton Quotes , Achievement Quotes , Challenges Quotes
  • We too often let the material things serve as indicators that we're doing well, even though something inside us tells us that were not doing our best. That we are avoiding that which is hard, but also necessary. That we are shrinking from rather than rising to the challenges of the age.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Inspirational Quotes , Challenges Quotes
  • Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. So many look to eradicate fear from their lives, when that is an impossible task. You can certainly experience moments in absence of fear, however accept that fear will be with you whenever you are in the process of living creatively. The challenge is to go ahead regardless, simply notice the feeling and manage being courageous.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Inspirational Life Quotes , Challenges Quotes
  • My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy, Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Al Sharpton Quotes , Dad Quotes , Challenges Quotes
  • Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to challenge old dogma, on an openness to see the universe as it really is. Accordingly, science sometimes requires courage - at the very least the courage to question the conventional wisdom.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Carl Sagan Quotes , Challenges Quotes , Dogma Quotes
  • All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Challenges Quotes , Progress Quotes