“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
– Carl Jung
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Author: SS
My good friends tell me I'm genuine, kind, intelligent, wise, and funny. But I wouldn't take their word for it, they're mainly idiots (an example of me trying to be funny).
"I contain multitudes"
- Walt Whitman
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Noise proves nothing – Mark Twain
“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she has laid an asteroid.”
– Mark Twain
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Inspiration – Chuck Close
“Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just show up and get to work.”
– Chuck Close
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Worn around the edges – Kim @selfmyths
“I like them worn around the edges, those whose hearts have outgrown their bodies.”
– Kim @selfmyths
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Lost in the woods – Franz Kafka
“We are as forlorn as children lost in the woods. When you stand in front of me and look at me, what do you know of the griefs that are in me and what do I know of yours. And if I were to cast myself down before you and weep and tell you, what more would you know about me than you know about Hell when someone tells you it is hot and dreadful? For that reason alone we human beings ought to stand before one another as reverently, as reflectively, as lovingly, as we would before the entrance to Hell.”
― Franz Kafka
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A lie – Jonathan Swift
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
– Jonathan Swift
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Find a way – Jim Rohn
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”
– Jim Rohn
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Be soft – Iain Thomas
“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”
– Iain Thomas
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Shit-taking – Jake Gyllenhaal
“My best friends in the world, we express our love for each other through a whole lot of shit-taking. Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that’s what’s really important.”
– Jake Gyllenhaal
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My greatest regret – Jonathan Safran Foer
“Why didn’t I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.”
– Jonathan Safran Foer
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You fit into me – Margaret Atwood
“You fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye”
― Margaret Atwood
“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.”
– Henry David Thoreau
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Human rights – Kofi Annan
“Human rights are what make us human. They are the principles by which we create the sacred home for human dignity.”
– Kofi Annan
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Learning – Sandy Speicher
“Learning is the process of using our innate abilities to construct—or create—new understandings of the world.”
– Sandy Speicher
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Good – Marcus Aurelius
“Stop talking about being good, just be one”
– Marcus Aurelius