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a spiritual experience without naming it,” Steven replied. “I think that was it. He said he needed to convince the higher-up military brass, the top ranks. These are people who had never known a meditative state. I think he wanted to get
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“It seems clear from these results that the purpose of most bullying is to secure status and avoid resistance of any kind. So bullies don’t pick on a classmate in hopes of getting a reaction. Quite the contrary: they bully in hopes of getting no reaction at all.”
― Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids
― Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids
“Many a time, in my political indifference, I was secretly amused to see him swinging between anti-semitism and his passion for nut cake.”
― The Young Hitler I Knew: The Memoirs of Hitler's Childhood Friend
― The Young Hitler I Knew: The Memoirs of Hitler's Childhood Friend
“aggressive public displays of virtue are where the morally deplorable hide.”
― Dangerous
― Dangerous
“Maybe the Constructionists are open? It was after seven in the morning. I’ll drop through there first. That decided, she turned and strode towards the Constructionist Guild building that she’d visited the day before, Terry happily sleeping on her shoulder.”
― Binding
― Binding
“You won’t understand what I mean now, but someday you will: the only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are—not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving—and then to appreciate them for what they can teach you, and to try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad—or good—it might be, and to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all. But the best, as well.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
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