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A rule of good manners, perhaps good morals: those with options should not criticize those without them.

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The gap between who do I want to be and who will I be is rooted in who I am now.

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“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad” is the key to understanding the politics of our time.

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A fool and his advice are easily parted.

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Robert Saltzman

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An aphorism is a pithy observation that contains a general truth. Aphoristic words condense a complex idea into a brief, exact, memorable form.

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Aphorism doesn’t build a case; it flashes. Shining for a moment, it either lands or it doesn’t.

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An aphorism is both too little and too much—too little to be explanatory, too much to dismiss.

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“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” —Rumi

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Sometimes an aphorism enacts an insight rather than describing one—a linguistic event rather than a proposition.

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“Every word is a stain upon the silence.” —Emil Cioran

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Sometimes an aphorism asserts an entire worldview in four words—leaving no room for escape or elaboration.

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“Hell is other people.” —Jean-Paul Sartre

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My only advice is never to give advice.

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Righteousness is a hell of a drug.

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Disincentivize information warfare.

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On a human scale, nationalism is no better than globalism.

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Don’t yuk someone else’s yum.

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Sometimes the world is terrible—but sometimes I just need a nap.

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History may move in cycles–but this moment in time feels like a stuck record.

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Two ecosystem services provided by humans: gratitude and awareness.

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When everyone around you speaks of the apocalypse, the most radical act is to imagine the future.

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It’s not that the world is not our home; it’s that we have forgotten who our family is.

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Here’s the question that matters: what would you do if you believed the world around you was alive—alive every bit as much as you are?

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