"The wise say that our failure is to form habits: for habit is the mark of a stereotyped world,"

-- A.C. Grayling

#Wise Quotes #World Quotes #Habit Quotes

“Iâ€™ve always liked to read about extremely wealthy people, especially when they are crazy (like Howard Hughes or Caligula.) While writing this book I did a lot of fun research on robber barons like Rockefeller and Morgan. But the most helpful stuff came from studying royal families and mad emperors. The best book I read was probably A Kingâ€™s Own Story, which is the memoir of Edward VIII. Also, anything about Ivan the Terrible or Ted Turner.”
“We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and it is easy to find ourselves aiming for the result rather than the cause. Let us aim for joy, rather than respectability. Let us make fools of ourselves from time to time, and thus see ourselves, for a moment, as the all-wise God sees us.”
“Emulation and imitation can legitimately influence one's development, but ultimately the artist must find his own path - and be true to himself.”
“I can UNDERSTAND pessimism, but I don't BELIEVE in it. It's not simply a matter of faith, but of historical EVIDENCE. Not overwhelming evidence, just enough to give HOPE, because for hope we don't need certainty, only POSSIBILITY.”
“I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other..”
“In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.”
“It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth's dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be left alone; lest sleeping abnormalities wake to resurgent life, and blasphemously surviving nightmares squirm and splash out of their black lairs to newer and wider conquests.”
“At GQ, there was never a temptation to pander or preach to the choir because I had no concept of who the reader was or what that reader might want.”

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