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“In our society, we no longer pride ourselves on being educated, knowledgable, well-read. We prefer, instead, the illusion of erudition.”
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“Each dysfunctional family is dysfunctional in its own way.”
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“In my experience, flexible intelligence, openness to change, willingness to take risks, and to forgive others, do not require mind-bending drugs, but humility and an open heart.”
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“If you're a racist you can't be a good person, no matter how much you go to church.”
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged that if people don’t work on their distresses these will come back to haunt them in old age.”
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“Life is a process of overcoming our fears.”
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“You're never too old to make a fool of yourself”
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“We live in a dopamine-driven society.”
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“Fealty to Trump is a striking reminder of how cowardice and a desire for power cause people to morally compromise themselves.”
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“When we remember that 30% of our population are lunatics, the mysteries disappear and America stands explained.”
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“The faster the world becomes and the less time we have to stop to reflect, the more we are amnesiacs, sleepwalking towards a destination that we did not choose. Because, eventually, all this technology and science, as wonderful as it is, will strip us of everything we are.”
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“Sometimes life is a trouble-shooting exercise.”
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“Life has taught me that the mind must make its own happiness; any troubles can be endured if the sufferer has resources of his own to sustain him.”
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“In our society, unless something can be measured then it doesn't exist. This is especially true in the world of medicine.”
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“One way or another all religions are magical thinking. Through the blurred eye of faith people see what they want to see, basically a god in their own image.”
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“The quest for certitude. This is what I call the search people make----via religion, politics, even science---to find an ideology that explains the world to them and, therefore, makes them feel safe.”
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“I don't expect to agree with everything I read. In fact, it's often better if I don't agree, mostly, with what I'm reading. It stretches my imagination and requires flexible intelligence. This is the source of fresh insights, rather than the mere confirmation of blindspots.”
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