"With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge - we'll make it a thing of the past."

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Source : Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.27, The New Press

Aaron Swartz

#Strong Quotes #Past Quotes #World Quotes

“How could you get mad at someone who neither needed to attack nor was at all worried about being able to defend? It was like getting mad at Switzerland.”
“If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.”
“I have gone through the most terrible affair that could possibly happen; only imagine, my shadow has gone mad; I suppose such a poor, shallow brain, could not bear much; he fancies that he has become a real man, and that I am his shadow.”
“The purpose of pruning is to improve the quality of the roses, not to hurt the bush.”

Source : Florence Littauer (2001). “It Takes So Little to Be Above Average”, Harvest House Pub
“We were moderate, we will never know what it is to spill out our lives...”
“Listening is a discipline. It's all about being present at that moment in time.”
“Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.”
“We need to learn to love the flawed, imperfect things that we create, and to forgive ourselves for creating them. Regret doesen't remind us what we did badly, it reminds us what we know we could do better.”

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