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![]() | “Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.... I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.” ―John Lennon Source/Notes: What Can I Tell You about Myself which You Have Not Already Found Out from Those Who Do Not Lie? in The Beatles Anthology (2000) |
![]() | “My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!” ―Edna St. Vincent Millay Source/Notes: First Fig from A Few Figs from Thistles (1920) |
![]() | “All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.” ―Immanuel Kant Source/Notes: Critique of Pure Reason (1781;1787) |
![]() | “The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends, Ser Jorah told her. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace. He gave a shrug. They never are.” ―George R. R. Martin Source/Notes: Daenerys (III)—Ser Jorah Mormont - A Song of Ice and Fire (1996-) |
![]() | “In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt Source/Notes: You Learn by Living (1960 edition), Westminster John Knox Press - ISBN: 9780664244941 |
![]() | “Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated.” ―Frederick William Robertson Source/Notes: Sermons (Tauchnitz, 1866 edition), "The Orphanage of Moses", p. 271 |
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