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“Few, in this world, will ever be able to utter what they feel. Fewer still will be able to utter it in forms of their own. Nor is it necessary that there should be many such. But it is necessary that all should feel. It is necessary that all should understand and imagine the good; that all should begin, at least, to follow and find out God.”
― A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare
― A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare
“Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.”
― The Golden Verses of Pythagoras
― The Golden Verses of Pythagoras
“Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name philosophers, and they value the contemplation and discovery of nature beyond all other pursuits.”
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“The Blame Bias I learn from my experience and mistakes. Mistakes and failures elicit the need to explain. We want to learn the lesson and not repeat the experience. But in truth, we do not like to look too closely at what we did; our introspection is limited. Our natural response is to blame others, circumstances, or a momentary lapse of judgment. The reason for this bias is that it is often too painful to look at our mistakes.”
― The Laws of Human Nature
― The Laws of Human Nature
“Emotions tend to narrow the mind, making us focus on one or two ideas that satisfy our immediate desire for power or attention, ideas that usually backfire. Now, with a calm spirit, you can entertain a wide range of options and solutions. You will deliberate longer before acting and reassess your strategies.”
― The Laws of Human Nature
― The Laws of Human Nature
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