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    What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things?

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If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

by Abraham H. Maslow Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

by Aneurin Bevan Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do read more

Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do like.

by Ernest Benn Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every read more

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.

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Some men see things as they are and ask, 'why?' I dream things that never were and ask, 'why not?'"NB: read more

Some men see things as they are and ask, 'why?' I dream things that never were and ask, 'why not?'"NB: This quote is a paraphrase from a similar quote by G. B. Shaw.

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It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

by John Cassis Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

by Bernard M. Baruch Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, read more

The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.

by Jerome K. Jerome Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

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