A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future.
SYDNEY J. HARRISThe art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.
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No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his “philosophy of life” until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.
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The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.
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Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams. Happiness is a direction, not a place.
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The 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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The founder of every creed from Jesus Christ to Karl Marx, would be appalled to return to earth and see what has been made of that creed, not by its enemies, but by its most devoted adherents.
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Man’s unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
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Take away grievances from some people and you remove their reasons for living; most of us are nourished by hope, but a considerable minority get psychic nutrition from their resentments, and would waste away purposelessly without them.
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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 main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions.
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This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical) characteristics, which have no deeper meaning.
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And nobody is more aware of this difference (although unconsciously) than a child. Only an authentic person can evoke a good response in the core of the other person; only person is resonant to person.
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Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.
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By the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and is looking for confirmation rather than counseling.
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The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.
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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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