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Man is the only animal who is prone to insanity.


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Life itself is an exile. The way home is not the way back.

Life itself is an exile. The way home is not the way back.



The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.

The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.



If you can train your senses to perceive the movement of the minute hand of a clock, what is to stop you for training them to 'slow down' when you look at a tree or a puddle?

If you can train your senses to perceive the movement of the minute hand of a clock, what is to stop you for training them to 'slow down' when you look at a tree or a puddle?



Imagination should be used, not to escape reality but to create it.

Imagination should be used, not to escape reality but to create it.



Turning on the light is easy if you know where the switch is.

Turning on the light is easy if you know where the switch is.



When we pull back and get, for a moment, the 'bird's eye' view of life, it reveals meanings that are ungraspable by the narrow focus of our usual worm's eye view

When we pull back and get, for a moment, the 'bird's eye' view of life, it reveals meanings that are ungraspable by the narrow focus of our usual worm's eye view



When I open my eyes in the morning, I am not confronted by a world, but by a million possible worlds.

When I open my eyes in the morning, I am not confronted by a world, but by a million possible worlds.



Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always possible to tell what your instincts are driving towards.

Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always possible to tell what your instincts are driving towards.



It is far easier to write an angry letter than to go and say angry things to another person - because as soon as we look in one another's faces we can see the other point of view.

It is far easier to write an angry letter than to go and say angry things to another person - because as soon as we look in one another's faces we can see the other point of view.



Sexual activity is driven by the same aims and motives as reading poetry or listening to music: to escape the limitations imposed by the need for particularity in the consciousness.

Sexual activity is driven by the same aims and motives as reading poetry or listening to music: to escape the limitations imposed by the need for particularity in the consciousness.





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You can make anything by writing.



To be Happier, Healthier, and Wealthier choose a Positive Mental Attitude. React and respond Positively. That’s the biggest wealth of life.

To be Happier, Healthier, and Wealthier choose a Positive Mental Attitude. React and respond Positively. That’s the biggest wealth of life.



If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.



He pokes a finger inside me as he plays with my wetness.” —Sofia Herrera (French Kiss, Unbearable Passion, #2)

He pokes a finger inside me as he plays with my wetness.” —Sofia Herrera (French Kiss, Unbearable Passion, #2)



My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.



Faith is believing that there's somebody there to make you stronger. There's somebody there that won't leave you alone; God's always standing by you. That's what that is.

Faith is believing that there's somebody there to make you stronger. There's somebody there that won't leave you alone; God's always standing by you. That's what that is.



Alas, it looks like those unsubstantiated rumours about me are about to come true after all this time.

Alas, it looks like those unsubstantiated rumours about me are about to come true after all this time.



That's the main business of the poem!-to see if you can't make up a language that sets all your selves talking at once-all of them being fair to each other.

That's the main business of the poem!-to see if you can't make up a language that sets all your selves talking at once-all of them being fair to each other.



There are people in the world who 1,000% will love you just the way you are. So no matter what, keep that in mind.

There are people in the world who 1,000% will love you just the way you are. So no matter what, keep that in mind.




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