The need to impress others causes half the world’s woes…

The need to impress others causes half the world’s woes. Don’t add to them. Be real, not impressive.

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If you hand a man a lemon and tell him that its sourness lies outside the lemon, he will think you are joking. Yet, with a perfectly straight face, that same man will tell you that his sour life is caused by external events. When will man learn that he is the cause of his own feelings for either happiness or anxiety? - View Quote Details on If you hand a man a lemon and tell him…
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Everyone has imaginary ideas of himself as being this or that sort of person. And you can be sure that the images are highly complimentary! But since they are purely imaginary, they are highly sensitive to assault by reality. - View Quote Details on Everyone has imaginary ideas of himself as being this or…
Self-righteousness loves to pounce on an evil which by sheer accident is not its particular evil. - View Quote Details on Self-righteousness loves to pounce on an evil which by sheer…