quotes Flashcards

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Albert Einstein, “truth”

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“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” –

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– Isaac Newton, science and truth

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“Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”

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tech, Christian Lous Lange

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Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.” –

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tech vs human, B.F. Skinner

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“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.” –

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justice, – Martin Luther King Jr.

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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

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politics, Plato

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“The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” –

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self love. beauty, – Coco Chanel

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“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.”

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beauty, standards, – Confucius

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“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”

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friend, love, – Elbert Hubbard

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“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”

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self reflection, – Socrates

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“The unexamined life is not worth living.” –

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daoism

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man at birth is fundamentally good in nature- daosims

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happiness, experience, life, Oscar Wilde

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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” –

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curiousity, own path, J.R.R. Tolkien

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“Not all those who wander are lost.” –

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Aristotle, consistency, disicpline

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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” –

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
, nonconformity, individuality

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“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” –

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