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There`s something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.
If you`re doing your best, you won`t have any time to worry about failure.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
I have no regrets. I wouldn`t have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.
I like you because you like me. I think that says a lot about how great you are as a person.
If you think about it relationships are all totally narcissistic. Basically, you`re just looking for someone who`ll love you as much as you love yourself. That`s all it is.
The good thing about science is that it`s true whether or not you believe in it.
Stop and reflect on the year that has gone by. To remember both our triumphs and our missteps. Our promises made and broken. The times we opened ourselves up to great adventures or closed ourself down for fear of getting hurt. Because that`s What New Year`s is all about. Getting another chance. A chance to forgive. To do better, to do more, to give more, to love more. And to stop worrying about "what if" and start embracing what will be. So when that ball drops at midnight and it will drop let`s remember to be nice to each other. Kind to each other. And not just tonight, but all year long.
The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there`s any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You`d be surprised how far that gets you.
We all want happiness for our children, but they don`t have to be happy about everything all the time. Life must include sadness, and there`s peace and truth to be found in sadness. The best times are not always the happiest times, but the times spent in the flow, the times spent getting things done, the times spent living.
One of the big reliefs for the atheist is not having to worry about what to hope, wish, and pray for. Did I want to pray for my mother`s suffering to end? Did I want to hope for her death? I didn`t have to worry about that. I could hope one day that she`d live longer so I could talk to her, and wish the next day that she would die and not have to suffer her paralysis and physical loss any longer. My wishing and hoping were inert; I could let them run wild. I could use them as pure solace.