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It's better to go into the world half-cocked than not to go into the world at all.


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All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?



Anytime you’re gonna grow, you’re gonna lose something. You’re losing what you’re hanging onto to keep safe. You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with, you’re losing familiarity.

Anytime you’re gonna grow, you’re gonna lose something. You’re losing what you’re hanging onto to keep safe. You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with, you’re losing familiarity.



Love alone is not enough. Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom. Relationships fail not because we have stopped loving but because we first stopped imagining.

Love alone is not enough. Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom. Relationships fail not because we have stopped loving but because we first stopped imagining.



We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently.

We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently.



Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path... this is what I must do, this is what I've got to have. This is who I am.

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path... this is what I must do, this is what I've got to have. This is who I am.



It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for.

It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for.



Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.



To see the angel in the malady requires an eye for the invisible, a certain blinding of one eye and an opening of the other to elsewhere.

To see the angel in the malady requires an eye for the invisible, a certain blinding of one eye and an opening of the other to elsewhere.



Psychology, so dedicated to awakening human consciousness, needs to wake itself up to one of the most ancient human truths: we cannot be studied or cured apart from the planet.

Psychology, so dedicated to awakening human consciousness, needs to wake itself up to one of the most ancient human truths: we cannot be studied or cured apart from the planet.



Our life is psychological, and the purpose of life is to make psyche of it, to find connections between life and soul.

Our life is psychological, and the purpose of life is to make psyche of it, to find connections between life and soul.





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We are not youth any longer. We don’t want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing. We fly from ourselves. From our life. We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world

We are not youth any longer. We don’t want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing. We fly from ourselves. From our life. We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world



There is no escape from justice, nothing can be unearned and unpaid for in the universe, neither in matter nor in spirit—and if the guilty do not pay, then the innocent have to pay it.

There is no escape from justice, nothing can be unearned and unpaid for in the universe, neither in matter nor in spirit—and if the guilty do not pay, then the innocent have to pay it.



Lust is the best of all the deadly sins.

Lust is the best of all the deadly sins.



The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.

The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.



By now, you've heard endless warnings about the risk of short, trivial passwords. There's a good chance you ignore them.

By now, you've heard endless warnings about the risk of short, trivial passwords. There's a good chance you ignore them.



Unless you're not pushing yourself, you're not living to the fullest. You can't be afraid to fail, but unless you fail, you haven't pushed hard enough."

Unless you're not pushing yourself, you're not living to the fullest. You can't be afraid to fail, but unless you fail, you haven't pushed hard enough."



Sins cut boldly up through every class in society, but mere misdemeanours show a certain level in life.

Sins cut boldly up through every class in society, but mere misdemeanours show a certain level in life.



If you ahve ever unloaded your pickup by backing up really fast and slamming on the brakes, you might be a redneck.

If you ahve ever unloaded your pickup by backing up really fast and slamming on the brakes, you might be a redneck.



There was no luxury. I never got on an airplane until I was 18. We drove everywhere. My dad was like, "Waste not, want not."

There was no luxury. I never got on an airplane until I was 18. We drove everywhere. My dad was like, "Waste not, want not."



God loves and defends those with the least economic and social power, and so should we.

God loves and defends those with the least economic and social power, and so should we.




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