"Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?"

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Source : Herakleitos, Diogenes (2011). “Herakleitos and Diogenes: Translated from the Greek by Guy Davenport”, p.40, Wipf and Stock Publishers

Diogenes

#Hurt Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Use Quotes

“In a way, I was incredibly proud of her (not that I had any intention of letting it show while I was beating the crap out of her).”
“The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 26, 2014
“When I was younger, I was very athletic and I always loved sports and physical things.”
“The one infallible sign that a spiritual teacher is a fraud is that he charges money for his instruction.”
“Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that 90 percent of all actors really just want to be rich and famous as the solution to all that ails.”
“I didn't know the word no, because I wanted to please everybody all the time. Every kid does”
“One reason why I recommend the abandonment of religious beliefs is because I think those beliefs are wrong. There is no evidence that our world was created by divine intention, that a god intercedes in human affairs, or that there is life after death. Religion is a hangover from humankind's timorous infancy; it's time for us to walk upright and unafraid, and to take charge of our own lives.”
“Who said nights were for sleep?”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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