“The man who lies to himself cannot distinguish the truth within him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”
Plato
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self."
Ernest Hemingway
“History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.”
James Fenimore Cooper
"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
Frederick Douglass
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
Plutarch
"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
Mark Twain
"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."
Henry David Thoreau
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."
