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Don't get rid of negative emotion, but just use it... Like the salt in your food.

Yoko Ono

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Topic

Artistic process Negative emotions Emotions Motivation

Author

Yoko Ono

Source

Twitter

Medium

Tweet

Language

English

Time

2016 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Yoko Ono [@yokoono]. "Don't get rid of negative emotion, but just use it...like the salt in your food." Twitter, 27 Mar. 2016, 3:12 p.m., twitter.com/yokoono/status/714168108844523520.

The superior man will not manifest either narrowmindedness or the want of self-respect.

Mencius

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Topic

Golden mean

Author

Mencius

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

300 BC 300s BC 4th century BC

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Mencius. Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 2005, bk. 2.

Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.

Malala Yousafzai

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Topic

Changing the world Taking action Activism Progress Politics

Speaker

Malala Yousafzai

Source

Glamour Magazine

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Yousafzai, Malala. "Malala Yousafzai: The Girls' Hero." Glamour Magazine, 30 Oct. 2013.

Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge are not infused into us from without.

Mencius

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Topic

People are basically good Human nature

Author

Mencius

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

300 BC 300s BC 4th century BC

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 6.

Current Citation

Mencius. Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 2005, bk. 6.

All men have in themselves that which is truly honorable. Only they do not think of it.

Mencius

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Topic

People are basically good Ignorance

Author

Mencius

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

300 BC 300s BC 4th century BC

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 6.

Current Citation

Mencius. Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 2005, bk. 6.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

Mencius

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Topic

Equality in friendship Friendship

Author

Mencius

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

300 BC 300s BC 4th century BC

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Original Citation

Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 5.

Current Citation

Mencius. Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 2005, bk. 5.

Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy, and creates dissension.

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Topic

Revolution Liberalism Political intolerance Authoritarianism

Author

Mao Zedong

Source

Combat Liberalism

Genre

Political literature

Language

Chinese

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Zedong, Mao. Combat Liberalism. 1937.

If a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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Topic

Martial courage Courage War

Author

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Source

Hagakure

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

Japanese

Time

1716 1710s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Yamamoto, Tsunemomo. 葉隠 [Hagakure]. c. 1716.

More men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies.

Rudyard Kipling

The Phantom Rickshaw

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Topic

Working too much Work-life balance Work

Speaker

Dr. Heatherlegh

Author

Rudyard Kipling

Source

The Phantom Rickshaw

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1888 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Phantom 'Rickshaw." The Phantom 'Rickshaw & other Eerie Tales. Prayagraj: A. H. Wheeler & Co., 1888.

Current Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Phantom 'Rickshaw." The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories. Dover Publications, 2013.

Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.

Sima Qian

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Topic

Openness to criticism Criticism Personal growth

Author

Sima Qian

Source

Records of the Grand Historian

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

109 BC 100s BC 2nd century BC

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Suma Quin. Written sometime around c. 110 BC.

Current Citation

Suma Qian. Records of the Grand Historian of China, translated by Burton Watson. Vol. 2, Columbia University Press, 1961, ch. 118.

I agree with no man's opinions... I have some of my own.

Ivan Turgenev

Fathers and Sons

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Topic

Thinking for oneself

Speaker

Yevgény Vasílevich Bazárov

Author

Ivan Turgenev

Source

Fathers and Sons

Medium

Novel

Language

Russian

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Turgenev, Ivan. "Отцы и дети [Fathers and Sons]." The Russian Messenger, 1862.

Current Citation

Turgenev, Ivan. Fathers and Sons, translated by Richard Freeborn. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Man lives like a robot: mechanically efficient, but with no awareness.

Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)

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Topic

Self-awareness Autopilot The human condition

Author

Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)

Source

Why Should I Grieve Now?

Language

English

Time

1976 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Osho, aka Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree. "Why Should I Grieve Over Him?" A Sudden Clash of Thunder, 13 Aug. 1976, Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune, India.

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking.

Bodhidharma

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Topic

Seeking Desire Delusion

Author

Bodhidharma

Source

The Zen Teaching of Bodhidarma

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

Chinese

Time

528 BC 520s BC 6th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Bodhidharma. The Zen Teaching of Bodhidarma. c. 550.

Current Citation

Bodhidharma. The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma, translated by Red Pine. North Point Press, 1989.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few.

Shunryu Suzuki

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Topic

Open-mindedness Clean slate Possibility

Author

Shunryu Suzuki

Source

Zen Mind, Beginnner's Mind

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Weatherhill, 1970. Originally a talk given at his Zen center in c. 1969, Los Altos, CA, USA.

At the stroke of the midnight hour, while the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Said just prior to the moment of India's independence from the British Empire.

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Topic

India Post-colonialism Political independence

Author

Jawaharlal Nehru

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1947 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nehru, Jawaharlal. "Tryst with Destiny." Indian Constituent Assembly. 14 Aug. 1947, New Delhi, India. Speech.

There are Six Essentials in painting. The first is called spirit; the second, rhythm; the third, thought; the fourth, scenery; the fifth, the brush; and the last is the ink.

Jing Hao

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Topic

Painting Art

Author

Jing Hao

Source

Notes on Brushwork

Language

Chinese

Time

925 920s 10th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Ching Hao. Pi-fa-chi [Notes on Brushwork]. c. 925.

Current Citation

Ching Hao. Ching Hao's Pi-fa-chi: A Note on the Art of Brush, translated by Kiyohiko Munakata. Artebus Asiae Publishers, 1974.

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.

Shunryu Suzuki

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Topic

Open-mindedness Clean slate Possibility Acceptance

Author

Shunryu Suzuki

Source

Zen Mind, Beginnner's Mind

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Weatherhill, 1970. Originally a talk given at his Zen center in c. 1969, Los Altos, CA, USA.

I want to make work so people can be moved by a sense of the possible.

Zhang Huan

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Topic

Purpose of art Artist and audience Art

Speaker

Zhang Huan

Medium

Interview

Language

Chinese

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Huan, Zheng. "Interview with Zhang Huan." Interviewed by Roselee Goldberg. Pilgrimage to Santiago, 2000.

Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way.

Salman Rushdie

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Topic

Literature

Speaker

Salman Rushdie

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rushdie, Salman. "Is Nothing Sacred?" Presented by Harold Pinter. 6 Feb. 1990, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, UK. Lecture.

A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits is not open to things as they are.

Shunryu Suzuki

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Topic

Closed-mindedness Open-mindedness Habits Acceptance

Author

Shunryu Suzuki

Source

Zen Mind, Beginnner's Mind

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Weatherhill, 1970. Originally a talk given at his Zen center in c. 1969, Los Altos, CA, USA.