I suppose we all tend to want the impossible. And sometimes in attempting it we achieve something near enough to the impossible to elicit satisfaction.
Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having...
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little they acknowledge it, one later discovers that they were among the most powerful promoters of decadence.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.
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S.E. Hinton
Stop lying to yourself. When we deny our own truth, we deny our own potential.
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Steve Maraboli
What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted.
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Criss Jami
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Declarations of love amuse me. Especially when unrequited.
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