"The striking aphorism requires a stricken aphorist."

-- Alfred Polgar

#Aphorism Quotes

“There is no shame in my saying that we all want to be loved.”

Source : "Sean Penn: What I've Learned". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 12, 2012.
“I wonder if those people shown protesting the deployment of nuclear weapons to western Europe during the Reagan era are feeling appropriately stupid today. 'Please don't take away our precious Soviet Union! - We demand the annihilation of all life on Earth!'”
“The Kettlebell is an Ancient Russian Weapon Against Weakness”
“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.”
“In writing, as in life, always be true to your character.”
“When we are in the grasp of illusion - or, for that matter, whenever we have a new idea - instead of searching for ways to prove our ideas wrong, we usually attempt to prove them correct. Psychologists call this the confirmation bias, and it presents a major impediment of our ability to break free from the misinterpretation of randomness.”

Source : Leonard Mlodinow (2009). “The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives”, p.164, Penguin UK
“Do wars support the military-industrial complex and therefore support the people?”
“You are the effect of your story, that's all.”

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