"Do not try to be humble: learn humility."

-- Idries Shah

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“The foremost challenge is that of the knowledge revolution. Economic power will depend on creativity and innovation. Creation of wealth will move from traditional resources to the one asset: knowledge.”

Source : Speech at Crans Montana Forum, Switzerland, June 27, 1999.
“The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive.”
“Thought, without the data on which to structure that thought, leads nowhere.”
“No man is competent to manage another.”
“The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.”

Source : Havelock Ellis (1915). “Impressions and comments”
“The point about working is not to produce great stuff all the time, but to remain ready for when you can.”
“I tend to thrive on being misquoted. It's the only way I sound good.”

Source : "Jamie Campbell Bower Talks Fake Tattoos, Female Protagonists, Working with Lily Collins, and More on the Set of THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintarub, collider.com. February 14, 2013.
“It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die.”

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