February 28

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The mind is where intuition and intellect do battle

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Just be aware of the thought, then let it float away - do not grasp

February 27

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If my mind is cluttered with prejudices, self-interest, and untruths, then I cannot see how the world really is

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If I see how I make my world, then I can make it different

February 26

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Do not rush

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Be an open soul

February 25

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I experience a low grade, constant irritation because the world is not as I want it to be

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Get past being hurt

February 24

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What difference does it make what I believe? What will happen, will happen exactly the same way anyway

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What matters is how you treat people

February 23

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Stop thinking so much - unlearn

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I had everything I needed - lesson of Wizard of Oz

February 22

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I armor myself with cleverness, anger, and fear

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Live unarmored - and see the world as it is

February 21

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Often I am trapped in a narrow world. It is like being in a beautiful library and reading only one book

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I turn my eyes to what I already am, and see it differently

February 20

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Life is very fast

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Pay attention

February 19

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The delusion of middle-age: Things will continue forever pretty much as they are

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Inside the big world I cannot control is a small world I can control

February 18

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Risk the ridicule of the rabble

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What can I do that would mean the most to you?

February 17

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Even if you are young, beautiful, wealthy, smart and strong, nevertheless, if you live long enough all these will be lost

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But something can be gained in the process - wisdom and humility

February 16

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Learn by thinking before the fact, what others learn by mistakes, accidents, bankruptcies after the fact

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A test for extreme stupidity is whether a person actually thinks political and financial news makes any sense

February 15

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The stock market is standing in line at the slaughter house thinking you are going to see a good movie

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It takes lots of intelligence and courage to accept that what makes sense, really does not make sense

February 14

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Our brains are not designed for non-linear thinking and for dealing with complexity

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Overactive brains impose wrong conclusions

February 13

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We discount the unobserved and have a great tendency to make the data fit our mental map

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Beware confident predictions about unknowns

February 12

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More information means more delusions

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The mind is a powerful tool for self-delusion

February 11

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There are lots of unobserved and unobservable unknowns. Our knowledge is limited.

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A good foe is more reliable and predictable, and to the clever, more useful than an admirer

February 11

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If my detractors knew me better, they would hate me more

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Marriage feminizes both men and women

February 10

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Your influence is confirmed when others note your absence more than the presence of others

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Avoid unnecessary words - threats, complaints, justifications, attempts to win arguments...

February 09

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Verbal threats are certificates of frustration and impotence

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A smart person believes only half of what he is told and knows twice as much as he says

February 08

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What the years take away in strength, they often replenish with wisdom

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They cannot hear now because they did not listen then

February 07

I wish more folks would concentrate on their country being proud of them than they do on being proud of our country.
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I can answer that for you, but I cannot understand it for you.
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February 06

The combination of ignorance and confidence is lethal - and very difficult to change.
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Two people can hold the same belief but for very differenct reasons.
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February 05

While knowledge is increasingly open source and plentiful, so is ignorance and nonsense.
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Many beliefs are acquired for emotional and cultural reasons and not because they match the evidence.
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February 04

His words came out comforting, as if his tonsils were made of marshmellows.
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Not even a collasping world looks dark to a man who thinks he is about to make a fortune.
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February 03

We eat the apple that feeds the worm. Now the worm awaits the man.
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My happiness is diluted with an end of summer sadness.
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February 02

An unpleasant aspect of revealing life's hokum to others is that they soon return to use this information against you.
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My sword has grown rusty since it is no longer scoured with the daily conflicts of commerce.
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