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A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.
There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don't be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not endear you to people.
What one means one day, you know, one may not mean the next. Circumstances change, opinions alter.
Northanger Abbey
It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.
Pride and Prejudice
Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.
Siddhartha
To have opinions is to sell out to youself. To have no opinions is to exist. To have every opinion is to be a poet.
The Book of Disquiet
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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