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Edu­ca­tion is a pro­gres­sive dis­cov­ery of our own igno­rance. — Will Durant

That is hap­pi­ness: To be dis­solved into some­thing com­plete and great. — Willa Cather

Life is to be enjoyed, no sim­ply endured. Plea­sure and good­ness and joy sup­port the pur­suit of sur­vival. — Willard Gaylin

I always get back to the ques­tion, is it really nec­es­sary that men should con­sume so much of their bod­ily and men­tal ener­gies in the machin­ery of civ­i­lized life? The world seems to me to do much of its toil for that which is not in any sense bread. Again, does not the latent feel­ing that much of their striv­ing is to no pur­pose tend to infuse large quan­ti­ties of sham into men’s work? — William Alling­ham

The pes­simist com­plains about the wind; the opti­mist expects it to change; the real­ist adjusts the sails. — William Arthur Ward

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds bal­ance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. — William Arthur Ward

He that will not rea­son is a bigot; he that can­not rea­son is a fool; he that dares not rea­son is a slave. — William Drum­mond

Edu­ca­tion: Being able to dif­fer­en­ti­ate between what you do know and what you don’t. It’s know­ing where to go to find out what you need to know; and it’s know­ing how to use the infor­ma­tion once you get it. — William Feather

When a thing ceases to be a sub­ject of con­tro­versy, it ceases to be a sub­ject of inter­est. — William Hazlitt

Nobody is bored when he is try­ing to make some­thing that is beau­ti­ful, or to dis­cover some­thing that is true. — William Inge

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth liv­ing, and your belief will help cre­ate the fact. — William James

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of suc­cess­ful expe­ri­ences behind you. — William Jen­nings Bryan

To under­stand any liv­ing thing, you must, so to say, creep within and feel the beat­ing of its heart. — William Mac­neile Dixon

Friends, books, a cheer­ful heart and con­science clear are the most choice com­pan­ions we have here. — William Mather

The secret of hap­pi­ness is to count your bless­ings while oth­ers are adding up their trou­bles. — William Penn

A great book should leave you with many expe­ri­ences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live sev­eral lives while read­ing it. — William Sty­ron

As one’s for­tunes are reduced, one’s spirit must expand to fill the void. — Win­ston Churchill

We make a liv­ing by what we get. We make a life by what we give. — Win­ston Churchill

The tal­ent for being happy is appre­ci­at­ing and lik­ing what you have, instead of what you don’t have. — Woody Allen

There’s an old joke… two elderly women are at a Catskill moun­tain resort, and one of them says, ‘Boy, the food at this place is really ter­ri­ble’ The other one says, ‘Yeah, I know; and such small por­tions.’ Well, that’s essen­tially how I feel about life–full of lone­li­ness, and mis­ery, and suf­fer­ing, and unhappiness—and it’s all over much too quickly. — Woody Allen

If God exists, I hope he has a good excuse. — Woody Allen

You can’t sep­a­rate cre­ativ­ity from risk-taking. I think the best ideas are so whacko and ahead of their time, that everybody’s going to laugh at them. So peo­ple have to feel con­fi­dent enough to just throw it out any­way, and not be hurt if nobody likes if. — Yvon Chouinard

There are years that ask ques­tions and years that answer. — Zora Neale Hurston

Mama exhorted her chil­dren at every oppor­tu­nity to ‘jump at de sun.’ We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground. — Zora Neale Hurston

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