– Albus Dumbledore in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Human Condition
86 – “It’s pretty ironic the the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive society to destruction.”
– Noam Chomsky
65 – “If you are not the hero of your own story, then you’re missing the whole point of your humanity.”
– Steve Maraboli
62 – “We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other, but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.”
– Charles Bukowski
51 – “‘Do you know a cure for me?’ ‘Why yes,’ he said, ‘I know a cure for everything. Salt water.’ ‘Salt water?’ I asked him. ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.'”
– Karen von Blixen-Finecke (Pen Name: Isak Dinesen)
28 – “Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.”
– Mr. Dumby in Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan: A Play about a Good Woman
22 – “It is not worth while to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man’s character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible.”
– Mark Twain
19 – “Μια κοινωνία μεγαλώνει όταν οι ηλικιωμένοι φυτεύουν δέντρα των οποίων η σκιά γνωρίζουν ότι δεν θα καθίσουν ποτέ.”
“Mia koinonía megalónei ótan oi ilikioménoi fytévoun déntra ton opoíon i skiá gnorízoun óti den tha kathísoun poté.”
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.”
– Greek Proverb [See Source Notes for translation information]
15 – “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
– Frederick Douglass [Dubious Attribution, Likely paraphrasing, See Source Notes below]
14 – “七回落ちる,立ち上がる八.”
“Nana-kai ochiru, tachiagaru hachi.”
“Fall down seven times, stand up eight”
– Japanese Proverb [See Notes for translation information]
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