People are made of stories. Our memories are not the impartial accumulation of every second we’ve lived; they’re the narrative that we assembled out of selected moments. Ted Chiang
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. Robert Louis Stevenson
But for the poor of a country where corruption thieved a great deal of opportunity, corruption was one of the genuine opportunities that remained. Katherine Boo
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in. Isaac Asimov
Anybody who tries to change society without examining the family is trying to push a shadow without moving a statue. Stefan Molyneux
The screen provides a refuge, a mediated world that is more predictable, more tractable, and above all safer than the recalcitrant world of things. We flock to the virtual because the real demands too much of us. Nicholas Carr
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. Voltaire
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. Voltaire
Compassion is not a virtue—it is a commitment. It’s not something we have or don’t have—it’s something we choose to practice. Brené Brown
It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
