"Dialogue starts with the willingness to challenge our own thinking, to recognize that any certainty we have is, at best, a hypothesis about the world."

-- Peter Senge

#Thinking Quotes #Challenges Quotes #World Quotes

“The job of the linguist, like that of the biologist or the botanist, is not to tell us how nature should behave, or what its creations should look like, but to describe those creations in all their messy glory and try to figure out what they can teach us about life, the world, and, especially in the case of linguistics, the workings of the human mind.”

Source : Arika Okrent (2009). “In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language”, p.5, Spiegel & Grau
“How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?”
“Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.”
“Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.”

Source : Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation”, p.153, Harmony
“Whether I'm interested [in something] or not, step one is read the script and figure out if a character is someone I'd want to explore or not.”

Source : Source: www.gq.com
“Freedom is the core of all human progress. It believes that nothing's given to us, but if you're willing to work hard. If you're willing to compete, the American dream is there for you.”
“I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability.”
“The war against terrorism will not be finished as long as he [Saddam Hussein] is in power.”

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