Each To His Own

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'There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.'

G. K. Chesterton 1874-1936 English writer

Will

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'The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second.'

Napolean Bonaparte 1769-1821 French military and political leader

Reliance

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'If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.'

Frank Lloyd Wright 1867-1959 American architect, designer

Ignorance

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'If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.'

Seneca ('The Younger') 4BC-AD65 Roman philosopher and poet

Explore

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'Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.'

Banksy 1974-present Street Artist

Greed

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'Who is rich? He who rejoices in his portion.'

The Talmud 300-500AD Jewish text

Imagination

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'A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.'

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1900-1944 French writer & poet

Craft

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'A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.'

Alexander Pushkin 1799-1837 Russian poet

Humour

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'I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.'

W. Somerset Maugham 1874-1965 English novelist & playright

Worship

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'The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.'

Martin Luther King 1929-68 American civil rights leader

Acceptance

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'But, my dearest Agathon, it is truth which you cannot contradict; you can without any difficulty contradict Socrates.'

Socrates 469-399BC Greek philosopher

Indecision

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'What we call fate does not come into us from the outside, but emerges from us.'

Rainer Maria Rilke 1875-1926 German poet

Speed

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'Occasionally, close you eyes for a minute and listen to the birds and animals around you. It is as good as any meditation, if you focus on it properly.'

my uncle Harry 1942-present Man of the Sea