A bunch of quotes...
which are the answer ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything
Over the last year, I collected quotes which I found intriguing, thought-provoking or simply motivational. Many of them were used in the various other issues of my newsletter. This bunch of 42 quotes were the best among the ones which weren’t used.
The header image is called Fiery Hourglass and was clicked by the James Webb Telescope on 16 November. It is a protostar, a star in process of being created, slowly growing. This image, while stunning, also challenged many current theories about star formation. I interpret it as the fact that growth and change while messy on the surface, when viewed from afar, give rise to a beautiful picture.
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” -Henry David Thoreau
“Doubt kill more dreams than failure” – Suzy Kassem
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” - Joseph Brodsky
“ ‘Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.” - Tim Ferris
“The most powerful person in the world is a storyteller.” - Steve Jobs
“If you only do what you can do, you will never be more than who you are.” - Master Shifu, Kung-Fu Panda
“Never judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree” - Steve Jobs
“A bird is safe in its nest – but that is not what its wings are made for.” – Amit Ray
"It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life." - Captain Jean-Luc Picard
“You can beat 40 scholars with one fact, but you can’t beat one idiot with 40 facts.” -Mevlana
"It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out; It's the pebble in your shoe. " ~Muhammad Ali
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." - Marcus Aurelius
“Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.” — Anonymous
"There are only two days in a year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow. Today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live". - Dalai Lama
“My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.” — Charlie Chaplin
"Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor" - Alexis Carrel
"If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven't spent the night with a mosquito." - African proverb
"A man who uses his hands, is a laborer. A man who uses his hands, and his mind, is a craftsman. A man who uses his hands, and his mind, and his heart, is an artist." - Francis of Assisi
" The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." - a popular Chinese proverb.
“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.” - Marcus Aurelius
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” ~ Earl Nightingale
“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” -- Bruce Lee
"The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life." — Confucius
"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." - Japanese Proverb
“People often confuse charisma for intelligence, confidence for competence, and beauty for virtue.”
"Your first podcast will be awful. Your first video will be awful. Your first article will be awful. Your first art will be awful. Your first photo will be awful. Your first game will be awful. But you can't make your 50th without making your first. So get it over with, and make it." -Unknown
“You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.” — Jonathon Swift
“Never reply when you’re angry. Never make a promise when you’re happy. Never make a decision when you’re sad.” - Ziad K. Abdelnour
"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned" - Richard Feynman
“We suffer more in our imagination than in reality” - Senca
“The man who does not read has no advantage over. the man who cannot read,” - Mark Twain
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Benjamin Franklin
“I mean, yes, we’re sinking … but the music is exceptional.” Overheard on The Titanic, Austin Kleon
“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ― Isaac Asimov
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ― Rumi
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” - Franklin Roosvelt
“Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.” ― Jordan Belfort
“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind, there are few.” - Shunryu Suzuki
and my personal favorite, “It’s better to live your own destiny imperfectly, than to live an imitation of somebody else’s with perfection.” - 3:35 Shrimad Bhagvad Gita
Do tell me your favorite quote(s) by leaving a comment.
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Thanks for reading,
Warm Regards,
Arjun Agarwal.