"Truth is that concordance of an abstract statement with the ideal limit towards which endless investigation would tend to bring scientific belief, which concordance the abstract statement may possess by virtue of the confession of its inaccuracy and one-sidedness, and this confession is an essential ingredient of truth."

-- Charles Sanders Peirce

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“One of the most crippling things we can do to ourselves is expect someone else to make us happy”

Source : Sue Patton Thoele (2016). “The Courage to Be Yourself: A Woman's Guide to Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem”, p.40, Conari Press
“You were loved because God loves, period. God loved you, and everyone, not because you believed in certain things, but because you were a mess, and lonely, and His or Her child. God loved you no matter how crazy you felt on the inside, no matter what a fake you were; always, even in your current condition, even before coffee. God loves you crazily, like I love you...like a slightly overweight auntie, who sees only your marvelousness and need.”
“Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger. Forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart.”
“We are born to live, we are born to understand, we are born to carry a cursed pattern and be transformed by pain.”
“Government is like a vast ocean and politics is the six-inch layer on top.”
“I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.”
“We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office.”
“There are always people willing to commit unspeakable human atrocity in exchange for a little power and privilege.”

Source : Chris Hedges (2014). “War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning”, p.88, PublicAffairs

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