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“Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.”

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Rollo May was an American psychologist born on April 21, 1909, and died on October 22, 1994. He was a significant figure in existential psychology and is considered one of the pioneers of the field. more

“One must have a large dose of humanity, a large dose of a sense of justice and truth in order to avoid dogmatic extremes, cold scholasticism, or an isolation from the masses. We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity is transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force.”

Moving Humanity Order Force Justice Example Cold Mass Strive Deeds Extremes Isolation Transformed Dose Dogmatic Scholasticism

Book:Che Guevara Reader: Writings on Politics & Revolution

Source: Che Guevara Reader: Writings on Politics & Revolution

“I come from the so-called Third World (what is the Second)?”

World Thirds Third World

Book:My invented country: a memoir

Source: My invented country: a memoir

“The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy.”

Fit Approach Size Lazy Testing Convenient One Size Fits All Standardized Testing

Author:James Dyson

“You have to own your mistakes, otherwise your mistakes own you”

Mistake Learning From Mistakes Live And Learn

Author:Paulo Coelho

“To renounce the conquest of power is voluntarily to leave the power with those who wield it, the exploiters. The essence of every revolution consisted and consists in putting a new class in power, thus enabling it to realize its own program in life. It is impossible to wage war and to reject victory.”

War Realizing Class Impossible Revolution Victory Program Essence Rejects Conquest Renounce Enabling New Class

Author:Leon Trotsky

“The struggle against war and its social source, capitalism, presupposes direct, active, unequivocal support to the oppressed colonial peoples in their struggles and wars against imperialism. A 'neutral' position is tantamount to support of imperialism.”

War Social Support Struggle Position Source Capitalism Direct Active Oppressed Imperialism Against War Unequivocal

Author:Leon Trotsky

“Labour is ... not the only source of material wealth, i.e, of the use-values it produces. As William Petty says, Labour is the father of material wealth, the earth is its mother.”

Use Earth Mother Values Father Wealth Produce Materials Source Labour Petty Material Wealth

Book:Marx: Selected Writings

Source: Marx: Selected Writings

“We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need.”

Needs Helping Action Benefits Warm Generous Our Actions Charitable Those In Need

Author:Dalai Lama

“A white flower grows in the quietness. Let your tongue become that flower.”

Grows White Flower Tongue Quietness White Flowers

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

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