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[Flaubert] didn’t just hate the railway as such; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress. What was the point of scientific advance without moral advance? The railway would merely permit more people to move about, meet and be stupid together. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#progress #science #technology #science

And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women - except, of course —those who will end up, you know, like, paying for their own rape ‘kit ‘n’ stuff, But for everybody else, it’s a win-win. Unless you’re a gay woman who wants to marry your partner of 20 years - whatever. But for most women, the success of conservative women is good for all of us. Unless you believe in evolution. You know - actually, I take it back. The whole thing’s a disaster. ↗

— Tina Fey

#evolution #feminisim #homosexuality #politics #rape

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#lying #success

Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired. ↗

— Robert Strauss

#perseverance #success #success

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#follow-your-bliss #success #success

If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#success #success

If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany will declare that I am a Jew. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#infamy #nationality #success

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. ↗

— Charles William Eliot

#books #constant #counselors #friends #most

With me, illusions are bound to be shattered. I am here to shatter all illusions. Yes, it will irritate you, it will annoy you - that's my way of functioning and working. I will sabotage you from your very roots! Unless you are totally destroyed as a mind, there is no hope for you. ↗

— Osho

#consciouness #enlightenment #evolution #guru #healing

Since our technology is really just an extension of ourselves, we don’t have to have contempt for its manipulability in the way we might with actual people. It’s all one big endless loop. We like the mirror and the mirror likes us. To friend a person is merely to include the person in our private hall of flattering mirrors. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#mirrors #narcissism #technology #love