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  1. A quotation from Vaclav Havel

    Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpropitious the situation in which we demonstrate hope, the deeper that hope is. Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

    Václav Havel (1936-2011) Czech playwright, essayist, dissident, politician
    Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Hvížďala, ch. 5 “The Politics of Hope” (1986) [tr. Wilson (1990)]

    More info about this quote: wist.info/havel-vaclav/80335/

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  2. A quotation from Thoreau

    In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 1 “Economy” (1854)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #walden #aim #aspiration #attempt #failure #goal #ideal #success #target #worthwhile

  3. A quotation from Thoreau

    Others, craven-hearted, said disparagingly, that “he threw his life away,” because he resisted the government. Which way have they thrown their lives, pray? — such as would praise a man for attacking singly an ordinary band of thieves or murderers.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Speech (1859-10-30), “A Plea for Captain John Brown,” Concord, Massachusetts

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

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  4. A quotation from Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.:

    «
    I told her that what made being alive almost worthwhile for me was all the saints I met almost anywhere, people who were behaving decently in an indecent society.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/vonnegut-kurt-jr/727

    #quote #quotes #quotation #decency #doinggood #goodbehavior #life #noteworthiness #saint #society #unselfishness #worthwhile

  5. A quotation from Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.:

    «
    I told her that what made being alive almost worthwhile for me was all the saints I met almost anywhere, people who were behaving decently in an indecent society.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/vonnegut-kurt-jr/727

    #quote #quotes #quotation #decency #doinggood #goodbehavior #life #noteworthiness #saint #society #unselfishness #worthwhile

  6. A quotation from Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.:

    «
    I told her that what made being alive almost worthwhile for me was all the saints I met almost anywhere, people who were behaving decently in an indecent society.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/vonnegut-kurt-jr/727

    #quote #quotes #quotation #decency #doinggood #goodbehavior #life #noteworthiness #saint #society #unselfishness #worthwhile

  7. A quotation from Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.:

    «
    I told her that what made being alive almost worthwhile for me was all the saints I met almost anywhere, people who were behaving decently in an indecent society.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/vonnegut-kurt-jr/727

    #quote #quotes #quotation #decency #doinggood #goodbehavior #life #noteworthiness #saint #society #unselfishness #worthwhile

  8. A quotation from Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.:

    «
    I told her that what made being alive almost worthwhile for me was all the saints I met almost anywhere, people who were behaving decently in an indecent society.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/vonnegut-kurt-jr/727

    #quote #quotes #quotation #decency #doinggood #goodbehavior #life #noteworthiness #saint #society #unselfishness #worthwhile

  9. Dear Friends of Band Citi Zens, ​:gi:​

    10-4

    #Hail #predicted this #morning. The #gnomes will be about, with their pointed #hats, helps #deflection. #Living on an #island, allows all #kinds of #weather, #daily. "No-femme is an Island" - except the Isle of Man. In other #important news in my little #bubble:

    -
    #Monotypes replace #stereotypes
    - Fundamentalists knot
    #fun
    - First animal with human brain declared
    #edible
    - USA
    #declared clinically insane

    Be a
    #mine of formation. An #individual of #worthwhile. Oh UR! ❤️
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