There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem.
~ Eric Hoffer
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Author Archives: Gareth Antigua
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As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence; end it in conformity with the beginning.
~ William Strunk, Jr.
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But that which is useful is the better.
~ Marcus Aurelius
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Economic life, as always, is a matrix in which result becomes cause and cause becomes result.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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Every amateur harbors the fantasy that his work is only waiting to be discovered; a second fantasy-that the established contemporary artists must also be frauds- is a necessary corollary.
~ Janet Malcolm
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.
~ Eric Hoffer
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America’s old republic was born of rebellion against Britain’s more ancient monarchy. Yet, by strange fate, the passage of time has only joined America and Britain more closely together in war and peace.
~ David Frum via The Atlantic
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Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.
~ René Daumal
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To be controlled in our economic pursuits means to be always controlled unless we declare our specific purpose. Or, since when we declare our specific purpose we shall also have to get it approved, we should really controlled in everything.
~ Friedrich Hayek
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Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
~ Henry James
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