Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.
SYDNEY J. HARRISWe can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure.
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Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.
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What is much harder to handle is the sense that you have to live up to the mark someone else has set for you. The grades become too important, the competition too frantic, the fear of disappointing those who believe in you turns into an overwhelming nightmare.
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Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.
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We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
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Patriotism is proud of a country’s virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues.
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And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a will of its own, to make independent decisions and to question the omnipotence or the wisdom of the parent.
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When we have “second thoughts” about something, our first thoughts don’t seem like thoughts at all – just feelings.
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The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel and the light – and the next tunnel.
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People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.
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Many people know how to work hard; many others know how to play well; but the rarest talent in the world is the ability to introduce elements of playfulness into work, and to put some constructive labor into our leisure.
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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 whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
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Love makes everything lovely; hate concentrates itself on the object of its hatred.
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Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.
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Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, ‘Why not?’ and the other, ‘Why bother?’
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