Marto Mugss

“Pessimistic labels lead to passivity, whereas optimistic ones lead to attempts to change.”
― Martin E.P. Seligman, What You Can Change . . . and What You Can't*: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement

“We all know the kinds of short-term states we can enter that can compromise our empathy. These include being drunk, tired, impatient, or stressed, during which we might say or do the wrong thing to someone else and later regret it. The feeling of regret is a sign of our empathy circuit coming back on, but the fact that we say or do the wrong thing is nevertheless—at that moment—a fluctuation in our empathy circuit.”
― Simon Baron-Cohen, The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty

“If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.”
― Claude McKay

“To fall down is to face the weakness of my humanity, test the mettle of my character, and push the limits of my strength. Therefore, falling down will tell me who I am far more clearly than most things I might learn when I’m standing up.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough