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“The shift from shame to guilt is crucial. Shame is a state of of self-absorption, while guilt is an emphatic, relational response, inspired by the hurt you have caused another.”
― Esther Perel, The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity

“Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well.”
― Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

“It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?”
― Henry David Thoreau

“A man with a conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point.”
― Leon Festinger, A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance