"If at first you don't succeed, before you try again, stop to figure out what you did wrong."

-- Leo Rosten

#Trying Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Succeed Quotes

“I was really interested in geishas' work, and wanted to meet real geishas.”
“Let woman's claim be as broad in the concrete as the abstract. We take our stand on the solidarity of humanity, the oneness of life, and the unnaturalness and injustice of all special favoritism, whether of sex, race, country, or condition. If one link of the chain is broken, the chain is broken.”
“I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five.”
“When anarchy is declared, the first thing we do, let's kill all the anarchists.”
“Those who become incoculated with the virus of race hatred are more unfortunate than the victim of it. Race hatred is the most malignant poison that can afflict the mind. It freezes up the fount of inspiration and chills the higher faculties of the soul.”

Source : Kelly Miller (1908). “Race Adjustment: Essays on the Negro in America”
“A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men.”
“Our time in this life is limited. And how we respect that time will create a greater possibility for fulfillment.”

Source : Ruben Papian (2013). “How to Wish”, p.26
“The universe exists only through a constant dance of consistency and change. Through consistency, consciousness finds meaning; through change it finds stimulation and expansion. To find consistency within change is to embrace the unfolding flow.”

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