Inspirational Sayings

473 sayings found from 473 authors

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

— Albert Einstein 1932
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The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

— Charles Darwin 1871
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The universe is a spherical whole, and of all possible forms, the sphere is the most perfect.

— Nicolaus Copernicus 1543
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I do not believe in the spirit of competition, but in the spirit of cooperation.

— Nikola Tesla Early 20th Century
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Happy is the man who has a vocation which he can follow with passion.

— Louis Pasteur Late 19th Century (approx.)
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The greatest error is to believe that one knows everything.

— Michael Faraday Mid 19th Century (approx.)
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The human mind is in a state of perpetual oscillation between the actual and the possible.

— James Clerk Maxwell Unknown
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I am a Christian. I believe in the Trinity.

— Johannes Kepler 1599
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When two people dream the same dream, it ceases to be an illusion.

— Philip K. Dick 1978
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Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

— Leonardo da Vinci c. 1500s
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The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

— Alexander Graham Bell Unknown
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He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

— Benjamin Franklin 1732
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I have been called a charlatan, a madman, and a dreamer, but I have always pursued the truth.

— Dmitri Mendeleev Undated
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The atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts.

— Werner Heisenberg 1955 (Physics and Philosophy)
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

— Abraham Unknown
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May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.

— Sappho c. 7th-6th Century BCE
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The world is like a great empty dream.

— Li Bai c. 701-762 CE
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Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams.

— Murasaki Shikibu c. 1000-1012 CE
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The highest purpose of a man is to serve humanity.

— Max Planck Unknown
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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.

— Niels Bohr Approx. 1920s-1930s
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