"Myth is never a single story. It is always a tree with many branches."

-- Roberto Calasso

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“To experience conflicts knowingly, though it may be distressing, can be an invaluable asset. The more we face our own conflicts and seek out our own solutions, the more inner freedom and strength we will gain. Only when we are willing to bear the brunt can we approximate the ideal of being the captain of our ship. Spurious tranquillity rooted in inner dullness is anything but enviable. It is bound to make us weak and an easy prey to any kind of influence.”

Source : Karen Horney (2013). “Our Inner Conflicts: A CONSTRUCTIVE THEORY OF NEUROSIS”, p.27, Routledge
“I confidently trust that the American people will prove themselves ... too wise not to detect the false pride or the dangerous ambitions or the selfish schemes which so often hide themselves under that deceptive cry of mock patriotism: "Our country, right or wrong!" They will not fail to recognize that our dignity, our free institutions and the peace and welfare of this and coming generations of Americans will be secure only as we cling to the watchword of true patriotism: "Our country - when right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right.”

Source : Speech expanding upon his famous statement in the Senate many years before, at the Anti-Imperialistic Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 17, 1899.
“Only God Can Judge Me That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don't see why everybody feel as though that they gotta tell me how to live my life”
“I know it's a lot of fun for you guys to write a lot of wacky things. Go ahead, if you want to. Get creative. But don't look too much into it.”

Source : "NASCAR Probing Possible Race Rigging at Chase for the Sprint Cup" by Kevin Dolak, abcnews.go.com. September 9, 2013.
“Sex for many has become a sorry business, a mechanical release involving neither discovery nor triumph, stressing human isolation more dishearte-ingly than ever before.”
“In business, we often say that your best customers are the customers you have now. In other words, your most successful sales leads come from the selling you've already done.”

Source : Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2005). “Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.46, Crown Business
“A beautiful question is an ambitious yet actionable question that can begin to shift the way we perceive or think about something - and that might serve as a catalyst to bring about change.”

Source : Warren Berger (2014). “A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas”, p.8, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“A marriage is like a long trip in a tiny row boat: if one passenger starts to rock the boat, the other has to steady it, otherwise, they will go to the bottom together.”

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