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Happiness is ... usually attributed by adults to children and by children to adults.


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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.



If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.



Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.



People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.



In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.



Labeling a child as mentally ill is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment.

Labeling a child as mentally ill is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment.



In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients.

In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients.



What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing

What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing



Mental illness is a myth, whose function is to disguise and thus render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflicts in human relations.

Mental illness is a myth, whose function is to disguise and thus render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflicts in human relations.



The neurotic has problems; the psychotic has solutions.

The neurotic has problems; the psychotic has solutions.





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To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.



Once you lose the honesty in a relationship, I mean, I think you don't have a relationship at all.

Once you lose the honesty in a relationship, I mean, I think you don't have a relationship at all.



Justice therefore demands that no one should do more ruling than being ruled, but that all should have their turn.

Justice therefore demands that no one should do more ruling than being ruled, but that all should have their turn.



Hours of crisis often call for sacrifice. In matters of consequence, when have doubt and fear given the best advice? Why not heed faith, courage, and honor?

Hours of crisis often call for sacrifice. In matters of consequence, when have doubt and fear given the best advice? Why not heed faith, courage, and honor?



A person in the business of defending criminal cases is going to live in controversy all of his or her life.

A person in the business of defending criminal cases is going to live in controversy all of his or her life.



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The thing with me is, I'm from a rap background so I'm not really a traditional singer in that sense.



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