“The survival of our earliest ancestors depended on their ability to communicate with one another well before the invention of language. They evolved new and complex emotions—joy, shame, gratitude, jealousy, resentment, et cetera. The signs of these emotions could be read immediately on their faces, communicating their moods quickly and effectively.”
― The Laws of Human Nature
― The Laws of Human Nature
“But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time; honey I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time.”
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“If you come across any special trait of meanness or stupidity . . . you must be careful not to let it annoy or distress you, but to look upon it merely as an addition to your knowledge—a new fact to be considered in studying the character of humanity. Your attitude towards it will be that of the mineralogist who stumbles upon a very characteristic specimen of a mineral. —Arthur Schopenhauer”
― The Laws of Human Nature
― The Laws of Human Nature
“Every manmade disaster begins when one man thinks for another. However benevolent they begin, the ultimate outcome is tyranny.”
― Blythe
― Blythe
“Some people are anchored to this world by their feet, others by their fears.”
― Blythe
― Blythe
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