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Success is no proof about the quality of a work
 
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
 
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
 
The self is not a stable entity, but rather a performance that is constantly being negotiated and redefined through interactions with others.
 
True, you don't have to be religious to be crazy, but it helps.
 
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
 
Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.
 
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
 
Remember your math: an anecdote is not a trend.
 
No one is really alone in this world: everyone has its own god, its own sorrow or its own pride keeping company.
 
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. 
 
Consciousness, much like our feelings, is based on a representation of the body and how it changes when reacting to certain stimuli. Self-image would be unthinkable without this representation.
 
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization. 
 
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
 
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.
 
Quiet people have the loudest minds
 
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
 
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
 
People often ask how I got interested in the brain; my rethorical answer is: 'How can anyone NOT be interested in it?' Everything you call 'human nature' and consciousness arises from it.
 
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
 
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