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You and Other Human Souls #1
The great secret is not having bad manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manners for all human souls. -George Bernard Shaw If you followed Shaw’s advice, what message would you be conveying to “human souls”? What kinds of people might not approve or be pleased? Why? Write about a…
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You and Other Human Souls #2
I always perfer to believe the best of everybody-it saves to much trouble. -Rudyard Kipling
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You and Other Human Souls #3
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, can become great. -Mark Twain Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed. -John Lancaster…
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You and Other Human Souls #4
As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him [or her] down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise thought. -Marion Anderson Like carrying a grudge or hating someone, keeping another person down does you harm, too-sometimes more harm than you are…
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You and Other Human Souls #5
What “selfish” usually means is that a person or child isn’t doing what someone else would like. -Kathleen Madden Are you ever called “selfish” becuse someone wants you to go to a movie, play a game, or go out with friends when you are tired or have plans of your own? What is that person…
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You and Other Human Souls #6
In flight between you and the world, back the world. -Franz Kafka
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You and Other Human Souls #7
I think it is not well for any of us to allow personality to submerge in any way our own. -Olive Schreiner What you dislike of yourself do not like for me. -Spanish proverb Look around you, or look into your own life. Do you see anyone ignoring or hiding his or her personality? It’s…
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“If you wish to know what a person is…” #1
If you wish to know what a person is, place him in authority. -Yugoslav proverb
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“If you wish to know what a person is…” #2
One can no more judge a [person] by the actions of an hour than the climate of a country by the temperature of a day. -J. Petit-Senn
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“If you wish to know what a person is…” #3
These quotations are about two kinds of unpleasant people. You probably have at least one of each in your life. If you’re “lucky”, you know someone who could be described by both of these sayings. One is not superior simply because one sees the world as odious. -Chteaubriand Those who imagine the world is against…