Carl Linnaeus

Biology Swedish 1707 – 1778 349 quotes

Father of modern taxonomy and binomial nomenclature

Quotes by Carl Linnaeus

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

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The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

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He who has a 'why' to live, can bear almost any 'how'.

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The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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What we think, we become.

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

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The best way to predict the future is to create it.

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Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.

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Where there is love there is life.

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The only constant in life is change.

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To err is human; to forgive, divine.

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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

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Homo sapiens, Nosce te ipsum.

Systema Naturae, 10th edition 1758

The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves; this notion consists in having a true idea of the objects and events.

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