The ones we love often don't need our judgment--they need our prayers. #DianneFraser
The ones we love often don't need our judgment--they need our prayers. #DianneFraser — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 1, 2023
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In certain areas of my life, I actively seek out solitude. Especially for someone in my line of work, solitude is, more or less, an inevitable circumstance. #HarukiMurakami
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In terms of social and economic development, high levels of crime and violence threaten to undermine the best-laid plans to reduce poverty, improve governance, and relieve human misery. #ChristopherStone
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The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. #WinstonChurchill
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Above all else, I want you to think for yourself, to decide 1) what you want, 2) what is true and 3) what to do about it. #RayDalio
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No man is an island, entire of itself. #JohnDonne
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The slightest observation, however, might satisfy him (persons under the influence of extravagant passions), that, in all the ordinary situations of human life, a well-disposed mind may be equally calm, equally cheerful, and equally contented. #AdamSmith
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The slightest observation, however, might satisfy him (persons under the influence of extravagant passions), that, in all the ordinary situations of human life, a well-disposed mind may be equally calm, equally cheerful, and equally contented. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 29, 2023
Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act #JeffSutherland
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Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible. #ThichNhatHanh
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Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction. #JamesClear
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There are times when the metaphorical or narrative description characteristic of culture and the material representation so integral to science appear to touch, when everything comes together--when life and art reflect each other equally. #JordanPeterson
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There are times when the metaphorical or narrative description characteristic of culture and the material representation so integral to science appear to touch, when everything comes together--when life and art reflect each other equally. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 27, 2023
Be yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be. #ThichNhatHanh
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Love requires openness. The point is to be changed by, and to witness change in, one another. Slowly, this back-and-forth transforms the shared reality we call the world. Love is less noun than verb: not a thing to get, but a process to set in motion. #MoiraWeigel
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Love requires openness. The point is to be changed by, and to witness change in, one another. Slowly, this back-and-forth transforms the shared reality we call the world. Love is less noun than verb: not a thing to get, but a process to set in motion. #MoiraWeigel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 27, 2023
I'd rather be dead than still singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm forty-five. But now [Mick Jagger is] over sixty and still singing 'Satisfaction'. Some people might find this funny, but not me. When he was young, Mick Jagger couldn't imagine himself at forty-five. #HarukiMurakami
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I'd rather be dead than still singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm forty-five. But now [Mick Jagger is] over sixty and still singing 'Satisfaction'. Some people might find this funny, but not me. When he was young, Mick Jagger couldn't imagine himself at forty-five. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 26, 2023
Whereas passionate love lights up the brain's pleasure centers, companionate love is associated with the regions having to do with long-term bonding and relationships. #AzizAnsari
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You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging. #BreneBrown
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If someone offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes--then learn how to do it later! #RichardBranson
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To enter a relationship for the long term is to enter the space of not knowing. While this is so brave and beautiful, exhilarating even, it is not particularly comfortable. #SusanPiver
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One of the problems with the first date is that you know very little about a person, so you overweight those few things that you do know #HelenFisher
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Love without risk is an impossibility, like war without death. #AlainBadiou
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I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food. #WCFields
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In the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition, religion and even nation-centred cultures, partly to decrease the danger of group conflict. But we are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness, and that is no improvement at all. #JordanPeterson
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In the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition, religion and even nation-centred cultures, partly to decrease the danger of group conflict. But we are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness, and that is no improvement at all. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 24, 2023
The burn of lifting weights, for instance, would be excruciating if it were a symptom of terminal illness. But because it is associated with health and fitness, most people find it enjoyable. #SamHarris
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Our [Facebook] algorithms exploit the human brain's attraction to divisiveness, and if left unchecked, the site would continue to pump its users with more and more divisive content in an effort to gain user attention and increase time on the platform. #JohannHari
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Our [Facebook] algorithms exploit the human brain's attraction to divisiveness, and if left unchecked, the site would continue to pump its users with more and more divisive content in an effort to gain user attention and increase time on the platform. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 24, 2023
Love won't allow you to bear burdens alone. #TinaGivens
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It's interesting-most people think about therapy as something that involves going in and undoing what's happened. But whatever your past experiences created in your brain, the associations exist and you can't just delete them. You can't get rid of the past. #BruceDPerry
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It's interesting-most people think about therapy as something that involves going in and undoing what's happened. But whatever your past experiences created in your brain, the associations exist and you can't just delete them. You can't get rid of the past. #BruceDPerry — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 23, 2023
If, instead of seeking approval, you ask, 'What's wrong with it? How can I make it better?', you are more likely to get a truthful, critical answer. #PaulArden
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Avoid making any single aspect of your identity an overwhelming portion of who you are. In the words of investor Paul Graham, keep your identity small. The more you let a single belief define you, the less capable you are of adapting when life challenges you. #JamesClear
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Avoid making any single aspect of your identity an overwhelming portion of who you are. In the words of investor Paul Graham, keep your identity small. The more you let a single belief define you, the less capable you are of adapting when life challenges you. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 22, 2023
Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves. #NathanielBranden
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Whatever the skill, don't be afraid to ask, Hey, I'm really impressed with the way you [do X]. I'd love to learn from you. Would you be willing to grab a coffee with me and share your approach? #JulieZhuo
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Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny. #MahatmaGandhi
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For centuries, the image of the loving woman has been associated with sacrifice and the denial of one's own needs to take care of others. #MarshallRosenberg
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Fighting against the system may not always be inappropriate if the system or person is corrupt, but there are ways of doing this without losing your own integrity. #StevePeters
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. #EricHoffer
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Each of us, to a greater or lesser degree, is confronting a high, solid wall. The wall has a name: It is The System. The System is supposed to protect us, but sometimes it takes on a life of its own, and then it begins to kill us and cause us to kill others. #HarukiMurakami
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Each of us, to a greater or lesser degree, is confronting a high, solid wall. The wall has a name: It is The System. The System is supposed to protect us, but sometimes it takes on a life of its own, and then it begins to kill us and cause us to kill others. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 20, 2023
I need the best mentality can be debilitating. I wish I could just eat somewhere that looks good and be happy with my choice. But I can't. The problem is that I know somewhere there is a perfect meal for me and I have to do however much research I can to find it. #AzizAnsari
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I need the best mentality can be debilitating. I wish I could just eat somewhere that looks good and be happy with my choice. But I can't. The problem is that I know somewhere there is a perfect meal for me and I have to do however much research I can to find it. #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 20, 2023
I also feared boredom and mediocrity much more than I feared failure. #RayDalio
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Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it. #LivTyler
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But it's in the nature of progress that it erases its tracks, and its champions fixate on the remaining injustices and forget how far we have come. #StevenPinker
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Our merchants and masters complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price and lessening the sale of goods. They say nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits. They are silent with regard to the pernicious effects of their own gains. #AdamSmith
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Our merchants and masters complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price and lessening the sale of goods. They say nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits. They are silent with regard to the pernicious effects of their own gains. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 18, 2023
When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight. #ThichNhatHanh
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When an action does not come naturally to you it is a greater expression of love. #GaryChapman
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Don't hope for better. Just be better. Be something better. Be more compassionate, more resilient, more humble, more disciplined... Be a better human. #MarkManson
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Everything we do we choose. So what is there to regret? You are the person you chose to be. #PaulArden
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We never see a journalist saying to the camera, I'm reporting live from a country where a war has not broken out [...] As long as bad things have not vanished from the face of the earth, there will always be enough incidents to fill the news #StevenPinker
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We never see a journalist saying to the camera, I'm reporting live from a country where a war has not broken out [...] As long as bad things have not vanished from the face of the earth, there will always be enough incidents to fill the news #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 17, 2023
Earth will be safe when we feel in us enough safety. #ThichNhatHanh
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The level of our self-esteem influences how we act, and how we act influences the level of our self-esteem. #NathanielBranden
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The right to speak freely is one of the necessary means to the attainment of the truth. #WalterLippmann
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Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. #StephenKing
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I hope people remember me as a good and decent man. And if they do, then that's success. #TimCook
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You don't realize how valuable it is to just show up on your bad or busy days. Lost days hurt you more than successful days help you #JamesClear
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Today people spend years of their lives on a quest to find the perfect person, a soul mate. #AzizAnsari
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Education tends to move individuals toward a more extreme version of the dominant cultural tendency. #ErinMeyer
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What you will be will depend on the perspective you have. #RayDalio
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Your body is like, 'Uh-oh, you're depriving yourself of sleep, must be an emergency, so I'm going to make all these physiological changes to prepare yourself for that emergency. Raise your blood pressure. I'm going to make you want more fast food... #JohannHari
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Your body is like, 'Uh-oh, you're depriving yourself of sleep, must be an emergency, so I'm going to make all these physiological changes to prepare yourself for that emergency. Raise your blood pressure. I'm going to make you want more fast food... #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 14, 2023
Love doesn't keep a score of wrongs. Love doesn't bring up past failures. (1 Cor 13:5) #Bible
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Don't limit your challenges; challenge your limits. #JerryDunn
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...upper class of people [...] are very aware of the risks to their attention and find ways to live within their limits [...] rest of the society with fewer resources to resist the manipulation, and they're going to be living more and more inside their computers... #JohannHari
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...upper class of people [...] are very aware of the risks to their attention and find ways to live within their limits [...] rest of the society with fewer resources to resist the manipulation, and they're going to be living more and more inside their computers... #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 13, 2023
God's forgiveness is always in response to man's repentance. #GaryChapman
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I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. #MahatmaGandhi
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Imagine a manager whose report interviews at another company and gets a higher offer. The report says she'll leave unless she gets a raise to match. The manager says okay. The story gets out, and suddenly all the other members of the team feel incentivized to interview #JulieZhuo
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Imagine a manager whose report interviews at another company and gets a higher offer. The report says she'll leave unless she gets a raise to match. The manager says okay. The story gets out, and suddenly all the other members of the team feel incentivized to interview #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 12, 2023
Many experiments have shown that readers understand and remember material far better when it is expressed in concrete language that allows them to form visual images #StevenPinker
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Research has shown that people who track their progress on goals like losing weight, quitting smoking, and lowering blood pressure are all more likely to improve than those who don't. #JamesClear
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Yes of course there's always someone worse off than you. But imagine you're in a doctor's surgery with a broken arm. The person next to you has two broken arms [...] This is all very well, but the point is that you have a broken arm and it hurts. #RobertWebb
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Yes of course there's always someone worse off than you. But imagine you're in a doctor's surgery with a broken arm. The person next to you has two broken arms [...] This is all very well, but the point is that you have a broken arm and it hurts. #RobertWebb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 11, 2023
Recipients of such praise do work harder, but only initially. Once they sense the manipulation behind the appreciation, their productivity drops. #MarshallRosenberg
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Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen. #BreneBrown
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To trust one's mind and to know that one is worthy of happiness is the essence of self-esteem. #NathanielBranden
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[Therapists] are not so hypocritical as to pretend that they are without standards--or without likes and dislikes. But they do not moralize and they do not seek to change behavior by evoking guilt. Thus, they do not say, Only a sick person would do that. #NathanielBranden
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[Therapists] are not so hypocritical as to pretend that they are without standards--or without likes and dislikes. But they do not moralize and they do not seek to change behavior by evoking guilt. Thus, they do not say, Only a sick person would do that. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 10, 2023
One thing each of us knows for certain is that reality vastly exceeds our awareness of it. #SamHarris
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It is my conviction that there is no way to peace--peace is the way. #ThichNhatHanh
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As long as there is a man in the world who is hungry, sick, lonely or living in fear, he is my responsibility. #AlbertSchweitzer
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The imitation and communication of the greatest, most memorable acts necessitates distillation and communication of the patterns of the deepest wisdom of mankind. #JordanPeterson
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If you wrote a list of all the things you would like to be, you may write things like calm, compassionate, reasonable, positive, confident and happy, then this is who you really are. Any deviation from this is a hijacking by the Chimp. #StevePeters
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Ignorance is the most delightful science in the world because it is acquired without labor or pains and keeps the mind from melancholy. #LuluMiller
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The point is not to do one thing. The point is to master the habit of showing up. The truth is, a habit must be established before it can be improved. If you can't learn the basic skill of showing up, then you have little hope of mastering the finer details. #JamesClear
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The point is not to do one thing. The point is to master the habit of showing up. The truth is, a habit must be established before it can be improved. If you can't learn the basic skill of showing up, then you have little hope of mastering the finer details. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 8, 2023
Each of us has an individualized perception of the purposes of money, and we have various emotions associated with spending it. #GaryChapman
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death. #ThichNhatHanh
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We'd be wiser to negotiate a social contract that puts us in a positive-sum game: neither gets to harm the other, and both are encouraged to help the other. #StevenPinker
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The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another. Avarice over-rates the difference between poverty and riches... between obscurity and extensive reputation. #AdamSmith
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The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another. Avarice over-rates the difference between poverty and riches... between obscurity and extensive reputation. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 7, 2023
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible. #EricHoffer
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Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce us, if it did not at first wear the mask of some virtue. #LordChesterfield
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Reading is not merely sympathizing and understanding; it is also criticizing and judging. #VirginiaWoolf
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Hopelessness is the root of anxiety, mental illness, and depression. It is the source of all misery and the cause of all addiction. #MarkManson
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Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. #NapoleonHill
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I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men. #CharlesDarwin
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Basically, we see something as more desirable when it is less available. #AzizAnsari
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And if you're really hard-core, move the television out of the living room and into a closet after each use. You can be sure you'll only take it out when you really want to watch something. The greater the friction, the less likely the habit. #JamesClear
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And if you're really hard-core, move the television out of the living room and into a closet after each use. You can be sure you'll only take it out when you really want to watch something. The greater the friction, the less likely the habit. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 4, 2023
The rich and the noble cannot be promiscuous, the poor and the lowly cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be subdued. #Mencius
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The most essential emotional element in a happy and healthy marriage is love. #GaryChapman
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An artist constantly risks falling fully into chaos, instead of transforming it. #JordanPeterson
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I wondered if the motto for our era should be: I tried to live, but I got distracted. #JohannHari
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Richard Feynman once wrote, If you ever hear yourself saying, 'I think I understand this,' that means you don't. #StevenPinker
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The profligacy of a man of fashion is looked upon with much less contempt and aversion, than that of a man of meaner condition. #AdamSmith
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It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind. #ThichNhatHanh
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Only once has the answer been in the ballpark of We didn't think X would be valuable. (It was phrased as We were worried X's strong views would steer the conversation off course.) #JulieZhuo
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It's only by making the fundamentals of life easier that you can create the mental space needed for free thinking and creativity. #JamesClear
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