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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner.

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For at least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols
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But today, in the world’s most powerful democracy, the politicians and the propagandists prefer to make nonsense of democratic procedures by appealing almost exclusively to the ignorance and irrationality of the electors.
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People often ask me what is the most effective technique for transforming their life. It is a little embarrassing that after years and years of research and experimentation, I have to say that the best answer is – just be a little kinder.
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Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.
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Man is hypnotized by the glitter of his own gadgetry
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Round pegs in square holes tend to have dangerous thoughts about the social system and tend to infect others with their discontents.
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Wherever the choice has had to be made between the man of reason and the madman, the world has unhesitatingly followed the madman.
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Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.
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Children are nowhere taught, in any systematic way, to distinguish true from false, or meaningful from meaningless, statements. Why is this so? Because their elders, even in the democratic countries, do not want them to be given this kind of education.
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The goal in life is to discover that you’ve always been where you were supposed to be.
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Every man’s memory is his private literature.
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If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.
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The question of the next generation will not be one of how to liberate the masses, but rather, how to make them love their servitude.
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In all activities of life, the secret of efficiency lies in an ability to combine two seemingly incompatible states: a state of maximum activity and a state of maximum relaxation.
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The trouble with fiction,” said John Rivers, “is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.
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All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.
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