"Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production."

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Source : Edward Bellamy (2000). “Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887”, p.158, Applewood Books

Edward Bellamy

#Competition Quotes #Secret Quotes #Selfishness Quotes

“I don't want to leave the sport saying I could have run faster. I just want to be tapped out, like I gave it my all.”
“I think I was a mermaid and I used to swim the shores or Hawaii and used to pop up and see coconuts and pineapples everywhere.”
“At last the best of artisans ordained that that creature to whom He had been able to give nothing proper to himself should have joint possession of whatever had been peculiar to each of the different kinds of being.”

Source : Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1953). “Oratio de Hominis Dignitate: Oration on the Dignity of Man. English Translation by Elizabet Livermore Forbes”
“My mother would like me to start all interviews by stating that she and my father are perfectly normal. They are proud of me, and as perplexed as anyone by my novels.”
“I meditate each day. Going within alleviates tension and stress, and allows me to hear what the Universe wants me to know.”
“I believe anybody who tells you he is unbiased is a liar. Being human gives you bias, and you can't avoid that. The best you can ever hope to be is fair.”
“If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.”
“We take life too seriously: the office of wit is to correct this tendency.”

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