"Human pride is a strange thing; it cannot easily be suppressed, and if you stop up hole A will peep forth again in a twinkling from another hole B, and if this is closed it is ready to come out at hole C, and so on."

-- Georg C. Lichtenberg

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“A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.”

Source : Yamamoto Tsunetomo, D. E. Tarver (2002). “The Hagakure: Yamamoto Tsunetomo”, p.21, iUniverse
“In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.”
“When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.”
“One of many problems with survey research in general is that you can only survey the survivors. In other words, if you were to do a survey of people who were known to have played Russian Roulette and you sent out the questions before the time they were going to play and then you come back six months after they played Russian Roulette, you would probably discover that among the people who did come back there was no harm done.”
“The only people who are truly happy are the people we do not know very well.”
“You have to feed your mind daily with the good, clean, pure, powerful and positive.”

Source : FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 19, 2014
“what if it was enough to just stand here in the arms of someone who ared about her, to let his simple affection steady her for a little while? it felt so good just to be held.”

Source : Lauren Kate (2012). “Lauren Kate: Fallen & Torment”, p.83, Random House
“To lose your temper is only useful once a year.”

Source : "Calm after the storm" by John O'Mahony, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2002.

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