“The man who learns but does not think is lost. The man who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.” — Confucius · Analects, 2.15
“Dying of shyness doesn't require a dramatic event. It just requires enough mornings where you decided today wasn't the day to come out.” · Quolira editorial
“The shell protected the tortoise from everything except the decision to stay inside it.” · Quolira editorial, inspired by the Acholi proverb
“A frog in a well does not know the great sea.” — Japanese Proverb · I no naka no kawazu taikai wo shirazu
“The will to live is not the will to live at any cost; it is the will to live this life.” — Nassim Taleb · Paraphrased from Stoic philosophy
“A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations