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“Before asserting a prognosis on any patient, always be objective and never subjective. For telling a man that he will win the treasure of life, but then later discovering that he will lose, will harm him more than by telling him that he may lose, but then he wins.”

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Book:Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
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“Up ahead stands the fun house, which you enter through a clown’s smiling mouth. “I would kill myself if I was prisoner here,” Shelby says. “No, you wouldn’t, just out of courtesy,” I say, “because your body would be trapped in there after you die, and your friends would have to watch your corpse rot.” “Hmm,” Shelby says. “Smell it too.” “Well, now we’re looking on the bright side,” Packard says.”

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Book:Head Rush
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“...I do not believe that the law of God permits a better man to be harmed by a worse. No doubt my accuser might put me to death or have me banished or deprived of civic rights; but even if he thinks, as he probably does (and others to, I dare say), that these are great calamities, I do not think so... For let me tell you, gentlemen, that to be afraid of death is only another form of thinking that one is wise when one is not; it is to think that one knows what one does not know. No one knows with regard to death whether it is not really the greatest blessing that can happen to a man; but people dread it as though they were certain that it is the greatest evil; and this ignorance, which thinks that it knows what it does not, must surely be ignorance most culpable. This, I take it, gentlemen, is the degree, and this is the nature of my advantage over the rest of mankind; and if I were to claim to be wiser than my neighbour in any respect, it would be in this: that not possessing any real knowledge of what comes after death, I am also conscious that I do not possess it. But I do know that to do wrong and to disobey my superior, whether God or man, is wicked and dishonourable; and so I shall never feel more fear or aversion for something which, for all I know, may really be a blessing, than for those evils which I know to be evils.”

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Book:Apology, Crito And Phaedo Of Socrates.
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“Things are as they are, and no amount of self-deception makes them otherwise. The friend who is incapable of depression depresses us as surely as the friend who is incapable of boredom bores us. Somewhere in our hearts is a strong, though dimly understood, desire to face realities, and to measure consequences, to have done with the fatigue of pretending. It is not optimism to enjoy the view when one is treed by a bull; it is philosophy. The optimist would say that being treed was a valuable experience. The disciple of gladness would say it was a pleasurable sensation. The Christian Scientist would say there was no bull, though remaining–if he were wise–on the tree-top. The philosopher would make the best of a bad job, and seek what compensation he could find.”

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Book:Points of Friction
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“But even if it turns out that reading books is on the downhill side permanently and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop that extinction, I find nothing wrong with fighting the good fight all the way to the bitter end. Nothing wrong with fighting for a dying arts without quarter or surrender. Sort of like fighting for a dying planet to the bitter end. To speak only of books, it’s not a fight that hurts anyone, and it is one I seem built for — to sing the song of reading never tires or demoralizes me, no matter how poorly the battle goes. My love of reading, I guess, holds me to the task. And my optimism born of the fact that I belong to a community that never should have survived enslavement, and if we survived against all odds — not only survived but prospered — what else might be possible in this rapidly tilting world?”

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Author:Junot Díaz
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“मैं हर इक पल का शाइ'र हूँ हर इक पल मिरी कहानी है हर इक पल मेरी हस्ती है हर इक पल मिरी जवानी है रिश्तों का रूप बदलता है बुनियादें ख़त्म नहीं होतीं ख़्वाबों की और उमंगों की मीआदें ख़त्म नहीं होतीं हर फूल में तेरा रूप बसा हर फूल में तेरी जवानी है इक चेहरा तेरी निशानी है इक चेहरा मेरी निशानी है तुम को मुझ को जीवन-अमृत इन हाथों से ही पीना है इन की धड़कन में बसना है इन के साँसों में जीना है तू अपनी अदाएँ बख़्श इन्हें मैं अपनी वफ़ाएँ देता हूँ जो अपने लिए सोची थी कभी वो सारी दुआएँ देता हूँ”

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Book:Kuliyat e Sahir / کلیات ساحر
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“We live, I suppose, in the unconfessed hope that the rules will at some point be broken, along with the normal course of things and custom and history, and that this will happen to us, that we will experience it, that we — that is, I alone — will be the ones to see it. We always aspire, I suppose, to being the chosen ones, and it is unlikely otherwise that we would be prepared to live out the entire course of an entire life, which, however short or long, gradually gets the better of us.”

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Book:Fever and Spear
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“Human beings do not like to look squarely into the face of tragedy. Gloom is unpopular and we prefer the “out of sight, out of mind” escape. But there comes a time when issues must be recognized as issues — and resolved. The democratic way of life is at stake. You cannot meet today’s crisis tomorrow. You cannot pick and choose when and what you will do at your personal convenience. You cannot dawdle with history. We must face the bitter fact that we have forsaken our great dream of a life of, for, and by the people; that the burning passions and ideals of the American dream lie congealed by cold cynicism. Great parts of the masses of our people no longer believe that they have a voice or a hand in shaping the destiny of this nation. They have not forsaken democracy because of any desire or positive action of their own; they have been driven down into the depths of a great despair born of frustration, hopelessness, and apathy. A democracy lacking in popular participation dies of paralysis.”

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Book:Reveille for Radicals
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“Hesse wrote an essay on what he saw as the world's publishing crisis and the fate of the book. Hesse concluded his talk with these words: 'Only a few sacred books that humankind treasures hold the regenerating power and survive throughout the millennia and the world crises. It is reassuring to see that the situation does not depend on the distribution of these works. It is not necessary for millions, even hundreds of thousands of readers to have appropriated for themselves this or that sacred book. It is enough that a few people should have been touched by them.”

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Book:Maimonides: Faith in Reason
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“Λένε ότι απαισιόδοξος είναι ένας ενημερωμένος αισιόδοξος, και ότι ο ανενημέρωτος αισιόδοξος είναι απλώς ένας ηλίθιος. Οι πληροφορίες που έχουμε καθημερινά μας αναγκάζουν να είμαστε απαισιόδοξοι. Ο Γκράμσι έλεγε να είμαστε απαισιόδοξοι στη λογική μας και αισιόδοξοι στη βούλησή μας. Εγώ είμαι με τον Γκράμσι.”

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Author:José Saramago
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“lucky people are those whose minds are filled positive expectations of life. their subconscious isn't just passively hoping for good fortune; it is actively convinced that good events happen for them. this mindset isn't just about blind optimism; it's about a deep-seated conviction that shapes their reality. when they face challenges, they see them as opportunities rather than setbacks, and this attitude often leads to more positive outcomes. so, as they wish to be, they ultimately live a happy life filled with positive emotions.”

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Author:Manoj Chenthamarakshan
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“The reason why I am hopeful is because what we're now seeing is the formation of a new narrative struggle. When you're enslaved, you have to focus on freedom. When you're being terrorized and lynched, you have to focus on security. When you're disenfranchised and you don't have any opportunities for education and other businesses, you have to focus on civil rights. Now we're at a moment where we are in the beginnings of a narrative struggle. The reason why I'm hopeful is that earlier, even in my career, we didn't have thousands of committed journalists and professionals and storytellers and filmmakers and writers who could participate in this narrative structure. We have never been better situated to win the next phase of this struggle toward a just America than we are right now.”

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Author:Bryan Stevenson
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