„…any move made in a state of tension will be of more important, and will have more results, than it would have made in a state of eqilibrium. In times of maximum tension this importance will rise to an infinite degree.“

— Carl von Clausewitz

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„CAN is 100 times more important than IQ“
— Max Lucado
„Haven't people learned yet that the time of superficial intellectual games is over, that agony is infinitely more important than syllogism, that a cry of despair is more revealing than the most subtle thought, and that tears always have deeper roots than smiles?“
— Emil M. Cioran
„I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am, also, much more than that. So are we all.“
— James Baldwin
„We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution were most important, into that more difficult time when it is a man's duty to understand his world rather than simply fight for it.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.“
— Karen Blixen