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“It is dangerous to preach humility to feeble souls. This distances them even more from themselves. Someone who is rigid, and turned inwards, can become aware of his destiny only by rebelling.”
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“Every creature is born with a potential store of violence.”
― A Tiger for Malgudi
― A Tiger for Malgudi
“Civility and political correctness, contrary to the thinking of many, are not the same. Civility constrains behavior and words based on genuine caring about others, while political correctness is only a facade of caring while hoping to cultivate public approval.”
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“Not knowing humiliation, you are ignorant of what it is to arrive at the last stage of yourself.”
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“It is naturally a sign of inner liberation when a patient can squarely recognize his difficulties and take them with a grain of humor. But some patients at the beginning of analysis make incessant jokes about themselves, or exaggerate their difficulties in so dramatic a way that they will appear funny, while they are at the same time absurdly sensitive to any criticism. In these instances humor is used to take the sting out of an otherwise unbearable shame.”
― Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization
― Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization
Pankaj’s 2025 Year in Books
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