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But you can't argue that the world isn't in an unhealthy moral state."Wouldn't think of it dearest. People lie, cheat, rape, swindle, kill, maim, torture and destroy. Bad thing. People also pop into bed together and cosy up. Good thing. If we think fucking is a sign of moral decay then we're a little bit stupid-stupid, aren't we? Stephen Fry
Of course genes can’t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is the seat of our drives, temperaments and patterns of thought. Each of us is dealt a unique hand of tastes and aptitudes, like curiosity, ambition, empathy, a thirst for novelty or for security, a comfort level with the social or the mechanical or the abstract. Some opportunities we come across click with our constitutions and set us along a path in life. Steven Pinker
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "if we possess a why of life we can put up with almost any how."
if we possess a why of life we can put up with almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche
So that's it. I've told you everything I know. Think clearly and think for yourself. Learn to use language to express those thoughts. Love somebody with all your heart. And with everyone, whether you love them or not, find out if you can be helpful. But really, it's even simpler than that. After all this time, and all these talks in public and in private, I think I get it now. If I were taking my friend Arnold's suggestion and spoke from my deathbed, I think I know what I'd say. I see now... Alan Alda
Neil Gaiman quote: "Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be..."
Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end. Neil Gaiman
But first of all he is a woodsman, and you aren't a woodsman unless you have such a feeling for topography that you can look at the earth and see what it would look like without any woods or covering on it. It's something like the gift all men wish for when they or young-- or old-- of being able to look through a woman's clothes and see her body, possibly even a little of her character. Norman Maclean
It looks as if the offspring have eyes so that they can see well (bad, teleological, backward causation), but that's an illusion. The offspring have eyes because their parents' eyes did see well (good, ordinary, forward causation). Steven Pinker
James Patterson quote: "Max, you can change your mind? His voice was like autumn..."
Max, you can change your mind? His voice was like autumn leaves droppinglightly onto the ground. James Patterson
Ayn Rand quote: "At a time like this, we can't afford the luxury of thinking!"
At a time like this, we can't afford the luxury of thinking! Ayn Rand
Thinking is indispensable on the path to passion for God. Thinking is not an end in itself. Nothing but God himself is finally an end in itself. Thinking is not the goal of life. Thinking can be the ground for boasting. Thinking, without prayer, without the Holy Spirit, without obedience, without love, will puff up and destroy (1 Cor. 8:1).But thinking under the mighty hand of God, thinking soaked in prayer, thinking carried by the Holy Spirit, thinking tethered to the Bible, thinking in... John Piper
Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others as long as each hearer thinks that he can do as well or nearly as well himself, but, when the speaker rises above him, jealousy is aroused and he begins to be incredulous. Thucydides
The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time. Lloyd Alexander
George Orwell quote: "I tell you I can't be bothered with things like that. I've got..."
I tell you I can't be bothered with things like that. I've got a soul above buttons. George Orwell
Mark Twain quote: "It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that..."
It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it's the parts that I do understand. Mark Twain
I have a big hole in my heart," I said. "But it'll close over."I don't want to sound all Dr. Phil," she said. "But don't let the scab seal the pain in, okay?"That's good advice," I said. "I hope I can manage it. Charlaine Harris

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