I failed to make the chess team because of my height
Woody Allen

“Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.” ―Daniel Goleman, Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships

"The most aggressive and therefore the most dangerous words in the languages of the world are to be found in the assertion I AM.”
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D.W. Winnicott

“There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group.”
― Erich Fromm, Psychoanalysis and Religion

"We cannot protect our children from life. Therefore, it is essential that we prepare them for it."

Ruldof Dreikurs

Charlie Brown: "Some day we will all die, Snoopy."

Snoopy: "True, but on all the other days we will not."

"What day is it?"
"It's today," squeaked Piglet.
"My favourite day," said Pooh.

A. A. Milne

"Über die Zukunft soll man nur in der Frageform reden."
Ludwig Marcuse

"About the future one should only talk in the form of questions."

"Beware of thinkers whose minds function only when they are fueled by a quotation."

-Emil Cioran

" Be careful with those arrows ,you'll have someone's eye out "
King Harold at the battle of Hastings 1066

Originally posted by phil3000
" Be careful with those arrows ,you'll have someone's eye out "
King Harold at the battle of Hastings 1066

“One of they key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace. Good people don’t go into government.”

Donald Trump