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“Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
“... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.”
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“Nothing is more creative... nor destructive... than a brilliant mind with a purpose.”
― Inferno
― Inferno
“Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all the ways we could die. Instead, our minds block out our existential fears by focusing on stresses we can handle—like getting to work on time or paying our taxes.”
― Inferno
― Inferno
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