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“You know your vote doesn't count, but you go through the motions, because it's been drummed into your head that you might be the one person who makes a difference.”
“Only by entering new and unfamiliar worlds can a person change society as well as self.”
“Under Capitalism the most important thing is to squeeze out more and more money for a few people to spend. This means that most of the other people -- as well as the earth and the sea and all the c...”
“Books choose their authors”
“In our community, we have a duty to strengthen the weakest among us to build a better society.”
“Dont believe in the fate society chose for you. Instead, carve out a new fate for yourself.”
“Political revolutions never liberate anyone”
“In the letters section, a Scot reminds his readers of the Glorious Alliance between France and Mary Queen of Scots, which explains why Scotland should not share the rabid Europhobia of Englishmen.”
“Our minds become slaves to those we see as having total power to control us and to cause pain to us. We are quick to give up control of ourselves to those who have the power to rule us as long as t...”
“No one is thinking about you. They're thinking about themselves, just like you.”
“A new question for the psychotherapist to ask is whether a theory can go beyond mere effectiveness in achieving either a so-called cure or even personal growth into its implications for the nature ...”
“In our hearts we know that with a different fate, we, too, could be in the ranks of the dispossessed, stripped of our identities and belonging nowhere. The refugee becomes a sinister symbol of what...”
“I beg your pardon”
“Dont believe everything you think. Our minds are thought-creating machines. Most of these thoughts are fear-based. Our authentic self has the power to pick the thoughts that best serve us and those...”
“In Zen, there is an old saying: The obstacle is the path. Know that a whole and happy life is not free of obstacles. Quite the contrary, a whole and happy life is riddled with obstacles-they simply...”
“If there is one thing developmental psychologists have learned over the years, it is that parents dont have to be brilliant psychologists to succeed. They dont have to be supremely gifted teachers....”
“You want to be the first to do something. You want to create something. You want to innovate something...I often think of Edison inventing the light bulb. That's what I want to do. I want to drive ...”
“Liars are highly unlikely to admit their lies, never mind apologize for the hurt theyve caused. Liars dont genuinely apologize. Deceit has become their full-out lifestyle. They are centered on them...”
“I can only imagine that future generations will consider us to have been barbaric for our intolerance of differences.”
“A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations.”
