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“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
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“All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.”
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“A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their partner, even if that is not true.”
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“Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.”
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“Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathersâ€� chances of not being left by our mothers, or vice versa.”
― The Use and Misuse of Children
― The Use and Misuse of Children

“Only courageous hearts can endure the bitterness of truth.”
― The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes
― The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.”
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“Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not need or even want them or it.”
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“In the simple moral maxim the Marine Corps teaches
� do the right thing, for the right reason
â€� no exception exists that says: unless there's criticism or risk. Damn the consequences.”
― Mission Al-Jazeera: Build a Bridge, Seek the Truth, Change the World
� do the right thing, for the right reason
â€� no exception exists that says: unless there's criticism or risk. Damn the consequences.”
― Mission Al-Jazeera: Build a Bridge, Seek the Truth, Change the World

“The most upsetting thing about Society’s attitude towards disabled people is that many millions of disabled people became disabled while trying to please Society, the very same bitch that secretly regards them as subhuman.”
― The Use and Misuse of Children
― The Use and Misuse of Children

“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.”
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“We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days â€� or hours.”
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“We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they hate us.”
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“When we venture in that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do.”
― The Witch of Portobello
― The Witch of Portobello

“Most sane human beings who are over the age of six usually act or react not as per what they genuinely feel or really think but in accordance with the expectations of those around them.”
― The Use and Misuse of Children
― The Use and Misuse of Children

“Most sane human beingsâ€� chances of being alive in a thousand yearsâ€� time are a hundred times higher than their chances of being sincerely happy for at least ten consecutive days.”
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“The human population would probably be way less than a thousand, if ejaculation were not usually accompanied by an orgasm.”
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“In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.”
― The Use and Misuse of Children
― The Use and Misuse of Children

“If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank statements before they tell us what we could or should do with our own money.”
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“Seek joyfulness when you can, for seeking joy leads to an auspicious atmosphere.”
― Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-Hsi: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi
― Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-Hsi: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi
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