“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum…”
– Noam Chomsky
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Loneliness – School of life
“Loneliness is the tax we have to pay to atone for a certain complexity of mind.”
– School of life
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Pretending – Robert Brault
“In the end we’re the person we pretend to be. It’s the person we thought was pretending who never existed.”
– Robert Brault
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Mindset – John pavlus
“The mindset that life is a series of problems to be fixed leads to obsession with the means rather than the end.”
– John pavlus
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Reaction – Carl Jung
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
– Carl Jung
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Thinking – Carl Jung
“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.”
– Carl Jung
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Superior – Ernest Hemingway
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.”
– Ernest Hemingway
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Learning – Unknown
“Passive learning creates knowledge. Active practice creates skill.”
– Unknown
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Where did I tie my horse – Unknown
“I oftentimes find that when one finds oneself deeply distressed or sad, there is always one central question to be asked: where did I tie my horse? Where did I place all my hopes and expectations that ended up unfulfilled?”
– Unknown
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Soul – CS Lewis
“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”
– CS Lewis
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Liberty – Benjamin Franklin
“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
– Benjamin Franklin
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What hurt – Ernest Hemingway
“Write hard and clear about what hurts.”
– Ernest Hemingway
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Perception – Erin Falconer
“Your perception of yourself has an enormous impact on how others perceive you.”
– Erin Falconer
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Distilled – Florence Nightingale
“I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.”
– Florence Nightingale
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Mad – Mark Twain
“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries of life disappear and life stands explained.”
– Mark Twain