"Think deeply about things. Donâ€™t just go along because thatâ€™s the way things are or thatâ€™s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think."

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Source : Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.22, The New Press

Aaron Swartz

#Thinking Quotes #Alternatives Quotes #Way Quotes

“You can't recall someone whose name has worn away.”
“Each one of us must suffer long to himself before he can learn that he is but one in a great community of wretchedness which has been pitilessly repeating itself from the foundation of the world.”

Source : William Dean Howells (2015). “William Dean Howells - Premium Collection: 27 Novels in One Volume (Illustrated): The Rise of Silas Lapham, A Traveler from Altruria, Through the Eye of the Needle, An Open-Eyed Conspiracy, Indian Summer, The Flight of Pony Baker, A Hazard of New Fortunes, Ragged Lady & many more”, p.4266, e-artnow
“Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.”

Source : Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, “Verses Addressed To The Imitator Of The First Satire Of The Second Book Of Horace”
“Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history.”
“Diligent follow-up and follow-through will set you apart from the crowd and communicate excellence.”
“In the future, every human will have a digital model of their body stored in computers. When someone needs a new shoe or a new bra or a new prosthesis or a new brace, s/he'll just fabricate it from the digital model themselves and then the device or article will be delivered to the home without even having to go to a retail store. The shoe, the bra, the brace, it'll be the person's apparel, the person's device, no one else's. It'll be exquisitely comfortable and functional. So this whole notion today where we have sizing to fit across humans is just utterly absurd.”

Source : Source: abilitymagazine.com
“War is too strange to be processed alone.”
“it is possible to wish so greatly for the unattained that in time you believe it has been won - indeed, you can even remember the winning of it ...”

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