"Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone."

-- C. S. Lewis

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“Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived.”

Source : "Drawn and Quartered". Book by Emil Cioran, 1983.
“So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist.”
“That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.”
“Blogs seem to have two magnetic poles, one attracting friends, the other repulsing relatives.”
“Generosity is, by definition, disinterested.”

Source : Piero Ferrucci (2007). “The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life--Tenth Anniversary Edition”, p.179, Penguin
“Perhaps fate isn't blind after all. Perhaps it's capable of fantasy, even compassion.”
“I'm an actor, and I don't look at myself as providing comic relief. I have done diverse and dark roles such as a psycho, murderer, and others in films such as 'Don', 'Eklavya' and '3 Idiots.'”
“I think it's the process of demystification, and realizing that we are not talking about some supernatural nightmare - we're talking about a natural process that the planet has gone through before, and which animals have survived before.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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