"Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics donâ€™t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying â€œyesâ€ begins things. Saying â€œyesâ€ is how things grow. Saying â€œyesâ€ leads to knowledge. â€œYesâ€ is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say â€œyes'."

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Source : Knox College Commencement Address, departments.knox.edu. June 03, 2006.

Stephen Colbert

#Wise Quotes #Hurt Quotes #Optimistic Quotes

“There's an inverse relationship between my temper and my ability to control my accent. If you hear me say 'Fiddledeedee', run for the hills, because I'm getting ready to take out bystanders.”

Source : Molly Harper (2011). “How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf”, p.105, Simon and Schuster
“The biggest gap in your life is between what you know and what you do.”

Source : FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Apr 08, 2017
“The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.”
“Don't look at me like that, Michael Cole.”
“When weâ€™re courageous enough to be with what scares us, we can awaken our intuition and create a new path for healing.”
“I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on.”
“I think it's very wrong to have the mass murder, every single day, of millions of animals.”
“I drink twenty forties, smoke forty blunts, Say a hundred rhymes, and not sound like you once.”

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