"We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity."

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Source : William Godwin (1831). “Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author”, p.345

William Godwin

#Thinking Quotes #Tasks Quotes #Capacity Quotes

“I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself.”
“i had no idea what i wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.”
“Energy is the inherent capacity of the universe to make matter exist.”
“Conformity to a sick society is to be sick.”
“Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.”

Source : The New York Post, February 29, 1960.
“Science fiction is the characteristic literary genre of the century. It is the genre that stands in opposition to literary modernism.”
“It took 10 months for me to learn to tie a lace; I must have howled with rage and frustration. But one day I could tie my laces. That no one can take from you. I profoundly distrust the pedagogy of ease.”

Source : "George and his dragons". Interview with Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2001.
“A closed mind stumbles over the blessings of life without recognizing them.”

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