"Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender."

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Henri Frederic Amiel

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“I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.”
“This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.”

Source : Letter to Anne, Countess of Upper Ossory, 16 Aug. 1776
“I never knew anybody who was unhappy with their job and was happy with their life. It's your sense of purpose. Now, some people can find it elsewhere. Some people can work a job and find it some place else.”
“Repentance is the biggest punishment of ideal man.”
“I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea.”
“You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.”
“The dialectical critique of positivist habits of mind ... is interested only in behaviour which is 'important' to the actor; that is, behaviour which is emotionally charged to the degree that it is either frequently recalled, reflected upon, or day-dreamed about. ... That science which is less discriminating in the behaviour it chooses to investigate gains clarity and distinctiveness at the cost of confining itself to the trivial.”
“If I thought someone was just chatting me up because of being on TV, it'd kill me.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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