"An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before."

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Idries Shah

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Pessimism Quotes

“One of the most beautiful hypotheses ever propounded in physics is ... the Dynamical Theory of Gases”
“I've always had an underdog perspective.”
“You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very stubborn things, with a blank page, with the damn thing that you use to write with, a pen or a typewriter, and you forget all about the reader when you are doing that”
“I don't sing a song unless I feel it. The song don't tug at my heart, I pass on it. I have to believe in what I'm doing.”
“At your most daring moments you believe that what is going on is the ultimate human work the shaping of a soul. The power of life comes from within; go there; pray; meditate. Reach for those luminous places in yourself.”
“The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.”
“Cuba has the cleanest and most-educated prostitutes in the world.”
“My mother was harsh and constantly told me I had jug ears and heaven knows what else. But she was devoted and a hard worker.”

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