Adele Mitchell

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Adele’s Quotes

“When focusing only on one's credentials one boasts his own incompetence in his capacity for discernment of the individual.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: boast, boasting, capacity, credentials, discernment, incompetence, individuality, judgment, unreliable

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“The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: admiration, detested, disruption, disturbance, genius, ingredients, peace-of-mind, questioning

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“You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: animal, arrogance, be-yourself, chase, circle, consideration, dog, ego, help, helping-others, narcissism, others, pet, pride, pursue, rhetorical, self, selfish, selflessness, serve, serving-others

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“What man ever openly apologizes for slander? It is not so much a feeling of slander as it is that of a massive lie, a misdeed not only to the slandered but also to those manipulated in the process. He has made them all, every one, his enemies, thereupon he is so overwhelmed with guilt that he will deny it until his grave.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: apologies, deceit, defamation, denial, enemy, feelings, feelings-of-weakness, gossip, grave, guilt, libel, lies, manipulation, massive, misdeed, overwhelming, slander

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“The self-centered man will always expect nothing but praise. He will hope and expect all incoming criticism to be mere self-projection from the critic because when you're self-centered, self-projection is all you can imagine one can do.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy