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We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities. Thomas Mann
Love Sometimes Qualities Well Persons Reason Defects
Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be. Thomas a Kempis
You Yourself Duty Obliged Remembering Your Who Activate Position
Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is. Thomas a Kempis
Man Strong Weak He Make Occasions Either Show
If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking? Thomas a Kempis
You Yourself People Wish Other Would Entirely Liking How Mould Expect Cannot Your
A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning. Thomas a Kempis
God Knowledge Learning Humble Way Thyself Surer Than After Deep Search
Proficiency in a craft is essential to every artist. Therein lies the prime source of creative imagination. Let us then create a new guild of craftsmen without the class distinctions that raise an arrogant barrier between craftsman and artist! Walter Gropius
Class Creative Arrogant Every Imagination Distinctions Guild Lies Between Prime New Without Source Craft Artist Craftsman Essential Craftsmen Then Us Create Barrier Therein Let Us Proficiency Raise
Under trees, the urban dweller might restore his troubled soul and find the blessing of a creative pause. Walter Gropius
Blessing Soul Creative Trees Find Restore Troubled His Urban Might Pause
Certainly, in the course of time, the splendid things will separate from the hateful. Werner Heisenberg
Time Will Hateful Splendid Course Separate Certainly Things
It is true that in quantum theory we cannot rely on strict causality. But by repeating the experiments many times, we can finally derive from the observations statistical distributions, and by repeating such series of experiments, we can arrive at objective statements concerning these distributions. Werner Heisenberg
Strict Finally Statements We Cannot Statistical Objective Rely Observations True Concerning Quantum Causality Arrive Repeating Times Cannot Experiments Derive Theory Many Series
The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot. Werner Herzog
Travel World Those Foot Reveals Itself Who
It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. Wernher von Braun
Man Science Will Free Free Man Remaining Him Tie Still Which Planet Chains Gravity
For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift. Wernher von Braun
Best Technology Gift Mother Thought Long First Pants Telescope Would Like Most Make Boy Got Get Confirmation Pair Watch
A DJ can't just play one song. It's about playing a set, or how you connect songs in those two hours, and where you place them. Zedd
You Song Those About Songs Hours How Just Where Place Them Connect Play Playing Two Set
The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can. Q'orianka Kilcher
Love Truth Time Best Good Me Justice Respect Heart Courage Comforting World Better Try Fears Calm Action Living Our Draw Those Our Planet I Can Out Scared More Small Better Place Make Than Place Planet Who Things
Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish through eternal peace. Adolf Hitler
Peace Strong Will Only Struggles Through Perish Eternal Eternal Peace Mankind Grown
Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all. Adolf Hitler
World Will Power Germany Either World Power
My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults. Adam Weishaupt
Good Faults Though Detail General May Plan
The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members. Adam Weishaupt
First Young Members Must Task Form Therefore Association
But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents. Adam Weishaupt
Government Suited Others Would Had Talents Executed Greater Always Opposed Situations Which Placed Much Things
Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow. Adelbert von Chamisso
Me Soul Shadow My Soul Exchange Hazardous Because Appears Thing
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature. Albert Einstein
Nature Man Science Overcome Mind Insecurity Before Himself Human Acting Human Mind Stands Credit Everlasting
You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one. Albert Einstein
Great Me You Great Ideas Record Only Had Ideas Notebook Ask Keep Ever
Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone. Albert Einstein
Science Simple Language Everyone Rule Comprehensible Ideas Most May Essentially Expressed Fundamental
One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility. Albert Einstein
World Say Mystery May Eternal
The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries. Albert Schweitzer
Several Brother He African Centuries Younger Younger Brother
Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it. Albert Schweitzer
Good People Few Way Out Must Proposes Accept Calmly His His Way Lot Expect Roll Stones Anyone Who Even
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