All Quotes By Tag: Wisdom
“To know a species, look at its fears. To know yourself, look at your fears. Fear in itself is not important, but fear stands there and points you in the direction of things that are important. Don’t be afraid of your fears, they’re not there to scare you; they’re there to let you know that something is worth it.”
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“The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”
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“Two wrongs don’t make a right, but don’t three lefts make a right? Two wrongs don’t make a right, but don’t two negatives make a positive?”
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“Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear.”
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“I suppose it’s not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do — to feel, discuss feelings. So that’s what I’m giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff…what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like.”
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“Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But in a patriarchal, racist, homophobic, and ableist society, there are social pressures to participate and engage in sexism, racism, homophobia, and ableism. At some point, you have to decide who you are and what matters morally to you. And once you decide that you regard victimizing vulnerable nonhumans is not morally acceptable, it is easy to go and stay vegan”
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“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
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“Maybe you could be mine / or maybe we’ll be entwined / aimless in this sexless foreplay.”
“Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.”
“Please, touch me, I pray.”
“Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.”
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“Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse”
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“Focus on making yourself better, not on thinking that you are better.”
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