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“The best ideas in science are always simple, elegant, and unexpected,”
― Jeff Hawkins, On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines

“Has it ever struck you that you have been programmed by society to be unhappy, and so, no matter what you do to become happy, you are bound to fail? Most people are so brainwashed that they do not even realize how unhappy they are. It’s only when they make contact with joy that they understand how depressed they have been.”
― Anthony de Mello, Stop Fixing Yourself: Wake Up, All Is Well

“Self-help, different from self-efficacy, is frequently what you do when you aren’t getting the help you need from your society. We cannot “self-help” our way to being heard, taken seriously, paid fairly, cared for adequately, or treated with dignity. We cannot “self-help” our way to peace or to justice.”
― Soraya Chemaly, Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

“To know what your partner will do is not a proof of love.”
― Jacques Lacan