“The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“I think a life properly lived is just learn, learn, learn all the time.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
— Jack London Secondary source“Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.”
— Jack London Primary source“The motive of science was the extension of man, on all sides, into Nature, till his hands should touch the stars.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“If you always tell people why, they’ll understand it better, they’ll consider it more important, and they’ll be more likely to comply. Even if they don’t understand your reason, they’ll be more likely to comply.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“For what are we born if not to aid one another?”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.”
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