"The more depressed and maladjusted you are, the more likely it is that you are seeing things right, with minimal bias"

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Source : John Derbyshire (2009). “We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism”, p.154, Crown Forum

John Derbyshire

“For the first time in human history the psychology that is a prerequisite for intimacy has become the psychology that is a prerequisite for species survival.”
“Principles are like a seed in the ground; they must continually be visited with heavenly influences or else your life will be a barren field.”

Source : Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.298, Cosimo, Inc.
“You have to get comfortable [with your work], you really have to know what you're doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.”
“I had lost too much of the heart and all the faith needed to stay afloat in a job where every human encounter felt like an anvil strung around my neck just when I thought I was nearing the shore.”

Source : Dinaw Mengestu (2014). “All Our Names”, p.17, Knopf
“Anthropology provides a scientific basis for dealing with the crucial dilemma of the world today how can peoples of different appearance, mutually unintelligible languages, and dissimilar ways of life get along peaceably together”

Source : Clyde Kluckhohn (2017). “Mirror for Man: The Relation of Anthropology to Modern Life”, p.29, Routledge
“Don't even think for a moment that you are not going to die.”
“You either play by the rules, change the rules, or get out, altogether.”
“I definitely have come out of my shell a lot more. When you question who you are, you can't be proud of who you are. Now that I'm trying to peel off those layers and really understand who I am, I don't have anything to be shy about.”

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