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Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#any #brain #falls #habits #his

Enlightenment is not about cocooning one’s self, but about integrating more fully with both your self and life. ↗

— Jay Woodman

#enlightened #enlightening #enlightenment #integrate #integrating

There had been a long period of time during which he remembered being very happy. But things change. People change. Change was one of the most inevitable laws of nature, exacting its toll on people's lives. Mistakes are made, regrets form, and all that was left were repercussions that made something as simple as rising from the bed seem almost laborious. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#life #reality #realization #change

, civilization is an ever-changing tacit agreement, culturally inherited, not chosen at birth. Civilization is the invention of man, my big friend. It is a means of ensuring order and structure; it is man’s attempt to expunge all and every act of randomness from daily life. The ultimate goal of civilization is determinism, the complete absence of freewill. If everyone adhered to every rule, every demand, every decree of civilization, there would be no accidents, no arguments, no crime! Man would move through his life smoothly, like a well-oiled cog in a grandfather clock. ↗

— Peter Jelen

#freewill #change

So, I believe that what you are looking for, really looking for, is that one person who is capable of recognizing you no matter what. You know, that one person who is going to be able to see past what everybody else sees and even past what you yourself see or want to show, then be able to look at you and really recognize you and say "That's not you! This is you right over here! You just forgot yourself, but I see you! I will help you remember yourself, because I remember you!" And that's what everyone wants. No, actually, I don't know if that's what everyone wants; but I know that's what I want! Because I can put up so many damn walls and faces just to see who really knows me, who really recognizes me, who really remembers me, even more than I recognize and remember myself! Because if I don't get that, then I don't get anything, because I don't want anything less than that. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational #inspirational-quotes #recognition #recognizing-the-soul #remember

'Chasing Amy' was an amazing role, but then after that, I went and did 'Big Daddy' and you're the girlfriend or you're the best friend. I wasn't getting the Nicole Kidman roles. ↗

— Joey Lauren Adams

#amazing #amy #best #best friend #big

My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for the kettle to boil. This pleasure is for the old who live alone. ↗

— Florida Scott-Maxwell

#black #boil #i #kettle #kitchen

I doubt I'll ever do another book collaboration; I've been spoiled. Roger and I both happened to move to New Mexico at about the same time, when we each had a family of young kids to raise. Socializing seemed to lead naturally to working together. ↗

— Fred Saberhagen

#another #been #book #both #collaboration

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture. ↗

— Morley Safer

#culture #manipulative #momentary #popular #popular culture

In its broad sense, civilization means not only comfort in daily necessities but also the refining of knowledge and the cultivation of virtue so as to elevate human life to a higher plane. ↗

— Yukichi Fukuzawa

#civilization #culture #humanity #inspirational #inspirational