Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue it likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has

Quote by Randolph Bourne

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Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious...

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious...

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious...

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious...

Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and...

Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and...

Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue,...

Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue,...

Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue,...

Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue,...

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this...

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this...

When anger rises, think of the consequences

When anger rises, think of the consequences

Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to...

Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to...

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no...

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no...

Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron

Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos

Are the consequences of your actions worth their gain?

Are the consequences of your actions worth their gain?

Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive...

Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive...

Touch my food and suffer the consequences.

Touch my food and suffer the consequences.

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought...

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought...

Karma is God's way of showing that He sees everything and that there are consequences...

Karma is God's way of showing that He sees everything and that there are consequences...

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad...

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad...

The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again.

The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again.

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her...

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her...