"It's when you are down that you learn about your faults."

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Source : Claude McKay (1973). “The passion of Claude McKay: selected poetry and prose, 1912-1948”, Schocken

Claude McKay

“If science has no country, the scientist should have one, and ascribe to it the influence which his works may have in this world.”
“The sun sank with a sob and darkness waded in from all horizons so that the sky contracted and there was no more light left in the world, when, at this very moment of annihilation, the moon, as though she had been waiting for her cue, sailed up the night.”

Source : Mervyn Peake (2008). “Titus Alone”, p.17, The Overlook Press
“I was really freaked out when I heard that Cookie Monster was going to be changed to Veggie Monster, but that turned out to be a lie.”
“Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.”

Source : "I'm with Busey". www.imdb.com. (2003 - ).
“A huge dog, tied by a chain, was painted on the wall and over it was written in capital letters 'Beware of the dog.'”

Source : 'Satyricon' 'Cena Trimalchionis' ch. 29, sect. 1
“The deepest, the intelligible, part of the nature of man is that part which does not take refuge in causality, but which chooses in freedom the good or the bad.”
“An effective apology contains within it the answer to the question, "How am I to be held accountable?"”

Source : John Kador (2009). “Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust”, p.21, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“Do not allow yourself to suppress your thoughts. Instead, let the thoughts come before you and become a sort of observer. Start observing your own mind. Do not try to escape; do not be afraid of your thinking.”

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