Fearless Quotes

Chapter one

Intro

Mark Twain

Self preservation

If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.

Don’t look down on….

The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.

To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been how to die.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

One idiot is one idiot. Two idiots are two idiots. Ten thousand idiots are a political party.

To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.

Natural sources within us are the true healers of disease.

Man without fire is a man without blessings. Count your blessings often, and your fire will light the way.

The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

When someone else doesn’t believe in you, it’s their choice. You get to choose to believe in yourself or to believe them.

Only a few know, how much one must know to know how little one knows.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and them beat you with experience.

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

Man only likes to count his troubles, he doesn’t calculate his happiness.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.

The secret of happiness, you see is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Love that shines from within cannot be darkened by obstacles of the world of consequences!

Those who know, do. Those who understand, teach.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

It’s easy to judge. It’s more difficult to understand. Understanding requires compassion, patience, and a willingness to believe that good hearts sometimes choose poor methods. Through judging, we separate. Through understanding, we grow.

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

There are no accidents, no mistakes. Everything happens in the universe hold a reason. Nothing unreasonable can exist here.

More the knowledge lesser the ego, lesser the knowledge more the ego...

We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.

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I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of a university.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet keep looking. Don’t settle.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.