Quote for the day

[Ava]

..I wish that I may never think the smiles of the great and powerful a sufficient inducement to turn aside from the straight path of honesty and the convictions of my own mind.-----David Ricardo

 

[Statistikhengst]

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."

-Albert Einstein

 

[Mertex]

 

[Statistikhengst]

 

[BDBoop]

Huge truth, between-the-eyes.

 

[BDBoop]

 

[BDBoop]

 

[BDBoop]

If you aren't just brought up in your tribe but interact with other people either directly or vicariously, through journalism and literature, you see what life is like from other points of view and are less likely to demonize them or dehumanize others and more likely to empathize with them.

Steven Pinker


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[Mertex]

 

[Ava]

Unseen virtue brings about visible reward. - Nichiren

 

[Againsheila]

 

[September]

Who we are never changes. Who we think we are does.

 

[Mertex]

 

[Ava]

“ Youth is a circumstance you can’t do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old. ”— Frank Lloyd Wright

 

[BDBoop]

 

[Mertex]

 

[CrusaderFrank]

"If you can't laugh at other people, who are you supposed to laugh at, yourself?" -- Aunt Esther

"Frank, I love you like a son, but give me half a chance and I'll bust you" -- Aunt Ester's advice on poker

"There are no friends at the card table" -- Aunt Ester

 

[September]

Facing all that you fear will free you from yourself...

 

[Statistikhengst]

"If you can't laugh at other people, who are you supposed to laugh at, yourself?" -- Aunt Esther

"Frank, I love you like a son, but give me half a chance and I'll bust you" -- Aunt Ester's advice on poker

"There are no friends at the card table" -- Aunt Ester

 

[Ava]

"People are like stained-glass windows. When the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within."--Unknown