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“I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking”
― Albert Einstein

“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”
― Albert Einstein

“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
― Albert Einstein

“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.”
― Albert Einstein

“The most important question a person can ask is, "Is the Universe a friendly place?”
― Albert Einstein

“Pure mathematics is in its way the poetry of logical ideas.”
― Albert Einstein

“The human spirit must prevail over technology.”
― Albert Einstein

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
― Mark Twain

“Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.”
― Mark Twain

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
― Mark Twain

“There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.”
― Mark Twain

“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.”
― Mark Twain

“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”
― Mark Twain

“In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.”
― Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
― Mark Twain

“Don't wake up a woman in love. Let her dream, so that she does not weep when she returns to her bitter reality”
― Mark Twain

“No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”
― Gideon J. Tucker

“Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all.”
― Mark Twain

“Wheresoever she was, there was Eden.”
― Mark Twain, The Diaries of Adam and Eve

“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
― Mark Twain

“If everyone was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.”
― Mark Twain

“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
― Mark Twain

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!”
― Audrey Hepburn

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.”
― Walt Disney

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert

“To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced
life.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything

“Look for God, suggests my Guru. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert

“There’s a crack (or cracks) in everyone…that’s how the light of God gets in.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“Dear me, how I love a library.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert