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"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

Albert Einstein·Interview with George Sylvester Viereck, The Saturday Evening Post·1929

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."

Albert Einstein·Letter to his son Eduard·1930

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."

Albert Einstein·Life magazine·1955

"The only source of knowledge is experience."

Albert Einstein·Essays in Science·1934

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."

Mahatma Gandhi·Attributed in 'The Philosophy of Gandhi' by Arne Næss·1913

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

Mahatma Gandhi·Young India·1926

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

Mahatma Gandhi·Attributed in biographical accounts·1920s

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

Mahatma Gandhi·Speech at prayer meeting, New Delhi·1947

"It always seems impossible until it's done."

Nelson Mandela·Speech at the African National Congress·1994

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

Nelson Mandela·Speech at the University of the Witwatersrand·2003

"There is no passion to be found playing small — in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."

Nelson Mandela·Inaugural address·1994

"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination."

Nelson Mandela·Interview with BBC·1999

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

Martin Luther King Jr.·Strength to Love·1963

"The time is always right to do what is right."

Martin Luther King Jr.·Speech at Oberlin College·1965

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

Martin Luther King Jr.·Speech at Spelman College·1959

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."

Martin Luther King Jr.·Sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church·1957

"Stay hungry, stay foolish."

Steve Jobs·Stanford Commencement Address·2005

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

Steve Jobs·Stanford Commencement Address·2005

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

Steve Jobs·Apple Worldwide Developers Conference·1997

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."

Steve Jobs·Interview with The New York Times·2003

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