"Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about."

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Georg C. Lichtenberg

“Humility provides everyone, even him who despairs in solitude, with the strongest relationship to his fellow man.”
“Reason is the lesser faith that steers us when we have already lost a greater one.”

Source : "Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays". Book by James Richardson, 2001.
“If you want to catch fish, donâ€™t throw your net into the bathtub.”
“Once and for all, people must understand that addiction is a disease. Itâ€™s critical if weâ€™re going to effectively prevent and treat addiction. Accepting that addiction is an illness will transform our approach to public policy, research, insurance, and criminality; it will change how we feel about addicts, and how they feel about themselves. Thereâ€™s another essential reason why we must understand that addiction is an illness and not just bad behavior: We punish bad behavior. We treat illness.”

Source : David Sheff (2013). “Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy”, p.88, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!”
“Anything that I write comes from the soul.”
“I don't think I have ever worked in my life, because work to me means that you are really doing something that you don't like.”
“Defeats and failures are great developers of character. They have made the giants of our race by giving Titanic muscles, brawny sinews, and far-reaching intellects.”

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