All Quotes By Tag: Self-knowledge
“Irrational expectations are at the root of most human suffering.”
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“What we do not confront, we inhabit.What we do not reject, we accept.What we do not fight, we become.”
“The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labor under the chains of illusion in the service of their masters.”
“There is no key to open the heart of another – except curiosity.”
“When people have invested their identities into clichés, the only counter argument they have is ‘being offended’.”
“Distraction serves evil more than any other mental state.”
“The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.”
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“SCREW CHILDREN! That’s the mantra of the world. Instead of burying them with a national debt, shoving them in shitty schools, drugging them if they don’t comply, hitting them, yelling at them, indoctrinating them with religion and statism and patriotism and military worship, what if we just did what was right for them? The whole world is built on “screw children”, and if we changed that, this would be an alien planet to us.”
“Unless we learn to know ourselves, we run the danger of destroying ourselves.”
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“Forgiveness is created by the restitution of the abuser; of the wrongdoer. It is not something to be squeeeeeezed out of the victim in a further act of conscience-corrupting abuse.”
“Wisest is she who knows she does not know.”
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“I had the right to remain silent… but I didn’t have the ability.”
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“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.”
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“I don’t fit into any stereotypes. And I like myself that way.”
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“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”
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