"Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?"

Behavior, Delusion, Denial, Truth, Fear

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"Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?"

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". . . confirmed libertines don't reform until they're tired . . ."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Behavior, Reform, Fatigue, Change

"People have a natural tendency to anthropomorphize their pets, to ascribe human perceptions and intentions to the animal where none exist."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Behavior, Animals, Perception, Humanity

"Consider how others may feel about you before, during, and after talking. Are you projecting an attitude that results in others feeling accepted and welcome? Are you encouraging people to speak and engage with you through your approachability?"

Susan C. Young, American Author

Behavior, Truth, Approach, Wisdom, Power

"Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle."

George Eliot, British Author

Behavior, Timidity, Anger, Reaction

"Rather than the one who gets angry, the world is more afraid of the one who does not get angry. Why? When anger ceases, grandeur of authority (pratap) arises. Such is the law of nature. Otherwise there would never be any protection for those who don't get angry. Anger provides protection during one's conduct in ignorance of the self."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Behavior, Power, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational

"A man in drink can be like a ravening wolf."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Behavior, Alcohol, Danger, Instinct

"I hate the nature of humans, how much you get closer that much they run away."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Behavior, Trust, Distance, Truth

"For the most expensive way to realize an orgasm, men open their wallets. For the cheapest, they close their eyes."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Behavior, Pleasure, Cost, Sex, Humor

"Better not perceive yourselves too high, O humans.We only value mankind as our experimentation object."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Behavior, Humility, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"Set a high standard on how you treat women. Whether they appreciate it or not, don't lower your own standards of behavior."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Behavior, Standards, Respect, Women

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"God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die."

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"From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way."

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"If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life."

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"If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life."

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"Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?"

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"That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder."

Science

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". . . confirmed libertines don't reform until they're tired . . ."

"People have a natural tendency to anthropomorphize their pets, to ascribe human perceptions and intentions to the animal where none exist."

"Consider how others may feel about you before, during, and after talking. Are you projecting an attitude that results in others feeling accepted and welcome? Are you encouraging people to speak and engage with you through your approachability?"

"Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle."

"A man in drink can be like a ravening wolf."

"I hate the nature of humans, how much you get closer that much they run away."

"For the most expensive way to realize an orgasm, men open their wallets. For the cheapest, they close their eyes."

"Better not perceive yourselves too high, O humans.We only value mankind as our experimentation object."

"Set a high standard on how you treat women. Whether they appreciate it or not, don't lower your own standards of behavior."

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"God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die."

"From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way."

"If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life."

"Reality continues to ruin my life."

"I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts."

"Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery."

"Genius is never understood in its own time."

"If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life."

"Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?"

"That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder."