The Best Revenge

“Sometimes, the best revenge is to let arrogance delete itself.”
--Unknown

The Whole Thing

“Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.”
--Salman Rushdie

Truth is a Lion

“The truth is like a lion. You don't have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself.”
--Saint Augustine

Society's Lack of Confidence

“Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.”
--Potter Stewart

Envy Consumes

“Rust consumes iron and envy consumes itself.”
--Danish Proverb

Decadent Power

“Any established power system grows decadent over time, if there is nothing with the strength or motivation to challenge it, and if it refuses to challenge itself.”
--Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Freedom Anew

“Freedom does not come about of itself. It must be struggled for and then defended anew every day of our lives.”
--Angela Merkel

The Ugly Truth

“The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to the seeker after it.”
--Agatha Christie

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Hope's Happiness

“Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps the chief happiness which this world affords.”
--Samuel Johnson

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Change is Beauty

“To some will come a time when change itself is beauty, if not heaven.”
--Edwin Arlington Robinson

Censorship's Lack

“Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.”
--Potter Stewart

Winning Rules

“Show class, have pride and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.”
--Paul "Bear" Bryant

Live Quietly

“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.”
--Paramhansa Yogananda

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Reject Injury

“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”
--Marcus Aurelius

The Mind Makes

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, or a hell of heaven.”
--John Milton

Talent Knows

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Genius Everywhere

“Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.”
~ Robert Henri

Love is Eternal

“The reason why love is eternal is that it does not exist for itself, but gives life to those it transforms.”
--Jeffrey Fry

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