"Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows."

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Source : Thorstein Veblen (2012). “The Theory of the Leisure Class”, p.27, Courier Corporation

Thorstein Veblen

#Running Quotes #Self Esteem Quotes #Character Quotes

“You must not on any account give me credit for being penetrating. I have impressed people that way before, and the result is always disaster.”
“Only two journalists followed the team around.”
“Don't put my faith in nobody, not even a scientist.”
“The art of achievement is the art of making life - your life - a masterpiece.”
“Hydrogen selenide, I decided, was perhaps the worst smell in the world. But hydrogen telluride came close, was also a smell from hell. An up-to-date hell, I decided, would have not just rivers of fiery brimstone, but lakes of boiling selenium and tellurium, too.”
“I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not of any original determination that they bring into the world; and, secondly, that the great stream of our voluntary actions essentially depends, not upon the direct and immediate impulses of sense, but upon the decisions of the understanding.”
“All I can say is that you only realize how big your mountain is once youre laying motionless, helpless, and hopeless in the valley below. No one goes there on purpose, if you get what Im saying, because the only way to find your personal low is to slip and roll down that mountain of yours, straight through to the bottom, no holds barred.”
“I grew up in southern California in the 80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.”

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