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“Fighting corruption will only be effective when we attack its real cause: the materialism that distorts our virtues.”

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“The problem with the truth is that it will demand everything of us, but in the end it will give everything to us. If we make it ‘relative’ it will demand nothing of us, but in the end it will take everything from us.”

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“... feelings are always compelling, but not always reliable. Often they distort reality, deprive us of insight, and needlessly damage our relationships.”

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Book:The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure

Source: The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure

“A rant is the product of someone attempting to defend the belief that a round peg is a square hole and a square hole is a round peg in order to defend the opinion that each fit the other and can be used interchangeably. But this requires that we explain that all of the damaged holes and broken pegs are neither.”

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“The reason that life seems hopeless is that we’ve placed our hope in that which has none.”

God Christian Faith Hope Jesus Deception Manipulation Hopeless Distortions

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“In its devious and stealthy way, a lie reinforced can begin to look like a truth that we desperately hoped wasn’t true. But we must always remember that no amount of reinforcement will ever make a lie the truth. Ever.”

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“The seeds of our own destruction lay among those who stand knee deep in some crop while steadfastly denying any knowledge of any such seeds.”

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“I find it utterly abhorrent that the magic of language to splash marvelous visions across darkened minds and infuse hope to hearts where it had all but vanished is turned by greed and avarice to the endeavor of manipulating visions and imputing false hope. However, if we would stop ‘hearing’ the words and start ‘listening’ to them, we would bring an immediate halt to such atrocities.”

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“... it is about the distortions of symmetry and reciprocity in life: if you have the rewards, you must also get some of the risks— not let others pay the price of your mistakes. If you inflict risk onto others and they are harmed, you need to pay some price for it.”

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Book:Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

Source: Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

“Yes, Reader, life can be very annoying and challenging. We ordinary people (ordinary according to the boy) who do ordinary things cannot forget these tough memories easily, as much as we try. Ordinary people find that almost everything is related to the bad moments in our lives. Some of us may overlook these moments, while others may not forget at all. It all depends on how much that wound is bleeding. However, time is the best cure. These bad times may leave marks, but with time, the pain can lessen.”

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Book:The bright side of pain : The story of a boy who wished he could be ordinary.

Source: The bright side of pain : The story of a boy who wished he could be ordinary.

“I don’t believe that the common man is as bad as what we commonly see on the news. But we won’t know that until we spend some face-to-face time with the common man who lives just on the other side of our common fence.”

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