We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
SYDNEY J. HARRISThe real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
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Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.
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All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.
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The public examination of homosexuality in our contemporary life is still so coated with distasteful moral connotations that even a reviewer is bound to wonder uneasily why he was selected to evaluate a book on the subject.
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Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.
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People decline invitations when they are “indisposed” physically, and I wish they would do likewise when they feel indisposed emotionally. A person has no more right to attend a party with a head full of venom than with a throat full of virus.
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Many married couples separate because they quarrel incessantly, but just as many separate because they were never honest enough or courageous enough to quarrel when they should have.
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It is not only useless, it is harmful, to believe in oneself until one truly knows oneself. And to know oneself means to accept our moments of insanity, of eccentricity, of childishness and blindness.
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Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure and far from the goal.
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Every rule in the book can be broken, except one – be who you are, and become all you were meant to be.
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Many people feel “guilty” about things they shouldn’t feel guilty about, in order to shut out feelings of guilt about things they should feel guilty about.
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It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not comfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.
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The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.
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The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one’s mind a pleasant place in which to spend one’s leisure.
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The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals.
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Almost every man looks more so in a belted trench coat.
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