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Them Quotes by Hugh Prather
- When someone disagrees with me, I do not have to immediately start revising what I just said. People don't want me to always agree with…
- Very seldom will a person give up on himself. He continues to have hope because he knows he has the potential for change. He tries…
- Within me is the potential to commit every evil act I see being committed by other men, and unless I feel this potential, I can…
- Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out.
- The ego, as a collection of our past experiences, is continually offering miserable lines of thought. It's as if there were a stream with little…
- When we recognize that nothing has to go right for us to be happy, that people do not have to behave for us to love…
- To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster