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A person's a person, no matter how small.
Even if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself - exactly oneself and no one else - and so unique, that it seems natural that one should also be unique for someone else.
The Woman Destroyed
The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which affliction we tend to allow others' appraisals to play a determining role in how we see ourselves. Our sense of identity is held captive by the judgements of those we live among.
Status Anxiety
We know what we are, but know not what we may be
It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head
I believe in standardizing automobiles, not human beings
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself
My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality
A man is what he thinks about all day long
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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