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«Thinking is the essence of wisdom»
«Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them -- this is of the essence of leadership.»
Author: Theodore H. White
(Historian, Journalist, Novelist)
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Leadership,
Mankind,
Power,
Responsibility
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«True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.»
Author: Thomas Carlyle
(Essayist, Historian)
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«When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied. Only those relationships matter. The body is an old crock that nobody will miss. I have never known a man to think of hims»
«Those who are slow to know suppose that slowness is the essence of knowledge»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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«To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership - not only on the movie set where I learned it, but everywhere.»
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