"The supreme value is not the future but the present. The future is a deceitful time that always says to us, 'Not Yet,' and thus denies us... Whoever builds a house for future happiness builds a prison for the present."

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Source : Octavio Paz (1985). “The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre”, p.283, Grove Press

Octavio Paz

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“As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.”

Source : Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.164, Vintage
“There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts.”
“He made all countries where he came his own.”
“Fully stripped down, an onion is a pile of scattered layers; it has no center.”
“We call it your area of destiny. We urge people to build their careers at that intersection of what they're uniquely good at ... and what you love to do....”

Source : "Jack and Suzy Welch: Why Strong Leadership Is about Truth and Trust". "Knowledge@Wharton show", knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. May 8, 2015.
“I'm the one and only. In heaven and on Earth”
“There is nothing more attractive than a nice smile”
“Did you ever build a castle in the Air? Here is one, brought down to earth and fixed for the wonder of ages.”

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