Character Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“Routine, repetition, tedium, monotony, ephemeracy, inconsequence, abstraction, disorder, boredom, angst, ennui — these are the true hero's enemies, and make no mistake, they are…

— David Foster Wallace

“Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.”

— Baruch Spinoza

Crime, folly, sickness and all phenomena must be contemplated with complete freedom from fear aversion or shame. Otherwise we shall fail to see accurately,…

— Aleister Crowley

“Fear becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Thinking that there is something to be avoided manifests something to avoid.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

“Randomness and mediocrity too often ruled the day,”

— Brendon Burchard

“the unbearable persistence of hope”

— Barbara Kingsolver

“There is uncertainty in hope, but even with its tenuous nature, it summons our strength and pulls us through fear and grief— and even…

— Priscille Sibley

“The danger, when not seen, has the imperfect vagueness of human thought. The fear grows shadowy; and Imagination, the enemy of men, the father…

— Joseph Conrad

“—things that seem hopelessly random and unpredictable when viewed in isolation often turn out to be lawful and predictable when viewed in aggregate.”

— Steven H. Strogatz

“the greater number of a man's errors come before him disguised under the specious form of necessity; then, after error has been committed in…

— Alexandre Dumas

“Let us give up the illusion of hope, which betrays; of love, which wearies; of life, which surfeits but never satisfies; and even of…

— Fernando Pessoa

“When we start raising different inconsistent truths, life may tip into bewilderment and the brain may go haywire. The confrontation between what is, not…

— Erik Pevernagie