“To be loving means to presuppose love.”
– Kierkegaard
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Character – Aristotle
“It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.”
– Aristotle
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When you love someone – Hermann Hesse
“When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.”
– Hermann Hesse
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Violence and unhappiness – Khushwant Singh
“Nine-tenths of the violence and unhappiness in this country derives from sexual repression”.
– Khushwant Singh
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Democracy – Bertrand Russell
“Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who’ll get the blame.”
– Bertrand Russell
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Darkest hour – Horace Greeley
“The darkest hour in any man’s life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.”
– Horace Greeley
“Our country right or wrong is an evil motto – what if your country be in the wrong? It will only compound her injury. I wish to serve the republic with an honest and fearless criticism.”
– Horace Greeley
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Resolution – Abraham Lincoln
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.”
– Abraham Lincoln
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Technology – @KierkegaardNow
“Technology diverts us from the passing of life, and postpones the moment when we have to face our conscience.”
– Modern Kierkegaard @KierkegaardNow
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Gift suggestions – Oren Arnold
“Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.”
– Oren Arnold
“It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.”
– General Douglas MacArthur
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Wonder – Socrates
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
– Socrates
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Stress – William James
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
– William James
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Illusion – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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Despair – Kierkegaard
“Much despair goes virtually unnoticed in the world.”
– Kierkegaard