• "You have forever to be dead, might as well live while you have the chance."
• "If youth but knew. If age but could."
• "You can never be on top of the world if you're carrying it on your shoulders."
• "If you want to see something wrong, you will."
• "When you really know who you are and what you like about yourself, changing for others isn't such a big deal." (Abed Nadir)
• "One language dies every 14 days." (National Geographic)
• "Your comfort zone is a lie."
• "People don't like or dislike you, they like or dislike how you make them feel."
• "When you put someone on a pedestal, they have no choice but to look down on you."
• "Individuals are reasonable; people are stupid."
• "I wish I loved myself more so I could do a better job of loving others."
• "Don't worry about what others think of you, as the chances are good they're not thinking about you at all."
• "A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor."
• "The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you." (Bob, Lost in Translation)
• "Evil on a giant scale is banal. It is not the work of monsters, but an accident of civilization. In order to find the villain, we need only look into ourselves." (textbook paraphrase of Hannah Arendt's ideas in 'Eichman')
• "The worst slave owners were those that were kind to their slaves." (Slavoj Zizek)
• "The origin of suffering is attachment." (notion commonly found in Buddhist/Islamic/Taoist philosophy)
• "The moment you start thinking "wow, I'm a great catch," you've lost the game."
• “The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.” (Hannah Arendt)
• "We spend our youth chasing money and our money chasing youth."
• "To take no risk is the biggest risk of all."
• "If you're going down a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere."
• "We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers."
• "All rivers run towards the sea, but the sea is never full."
• "Wait for the sun to rise before you claim that the sky is falling."
• "What worries you, masters you." (John Locke)
• "You can only live in one room at a time."
• "Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way." (Daniele Vare)
• "Dude don't worry, just ride the wave until it breaks."
• "I'd rather live life according to my mistakes than blindly follow the paths of others."
• "Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?" "That is the only time a man can be brave." (Game of Thrones?)
• “The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.” (Hannah Arendt)
• "He who wishes to keep his garden tidy does not reserve a plot for weeds." (Dag Hammarskjold)
• "One of the most profound concepts in psychology is the fact that when you do something, your emotions follow along behind. If you wait around to feel good or non - anxious, you'll be waiting forever. You need to start doing, and then you will become." (Sean Cooper)

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