Niels Bohr

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The industrial value of leisure as a promoter of the consumption of goods, and thus as a stimulant to business have been proved.

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

You gotta do what you love and really believe in it because that is your truth.

I am against nature. I don’t dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can’t touch with decay.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Let us not forget: I didn’t just wake up First Lady… I mean, I went to law school, I practised law, I worked for the city, I ran a nonprofit (and) I was an executive at a hospital. I’ve been in the world. I’ve worked in every sector, and you don’t do that without coming up against some stuff. You know, having your feelings hurt, having people say things about you that aren’t true… Life hits you, so over the course of living, you learn how to protect yourself in it. You learn to take in what you need and get rid of the stuff that’s clearly not true.

When you allow a person’s words to upset you, you’re giving away your power.

Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and murder exists because of their silent consent.

Come to me, wild and untamed. Bring the oceans on your lips, the mountains on your spine; I want to explore all the places you have ever called home. Let me pluck each petal from the gardens you’ve grown, overcrowded seedlings pushing up through your bones. Come to me dipped in the stars, come to me wearing all your scars. I want to show you just how beautiful you are.

I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Every damn thing you do in this life, you have to pay for.

Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Everyone faces the challenge of finding meaning to their suffering.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.