Eugene J. Martin Quotes
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The more fortunate people among us would surely think we are civilized, but the less fortunate among us are a reminder that we’re not.
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Being able to communicate with someone doesn’t necessarily mean that you understand them.
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When making a commitment, make it not to someone, but of someone to yourself.
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Because of subconscious guilt, people spend half their lives in self-punishment and the other half taking on more guilt.
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Genius does not only require superior knowledge and skill, but also superior patience.
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One tool that is used most and has the greatest misuse of power is looks, and another tool that is used least and has the least desire for power is wisdom.
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Passion is a disguise for attachment – sometimes as hate and other times as love.
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If you seek just a little truth, as most, you should not ignore abstract forms, the basis from which all short-lived experiences we call reality springs.
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Most writers are successful in getting their readers’ attention, but fail at getting them to think. If you’re asked to explain anything philosophical to anyone, the chances are great their understanding will be superficial; it’s best they don’t understand than to think they do, so encourage them to grow into understanding and don’t hand them too much explanation.
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People find it easy to justify their frustration in the struggle to manipulate others, but find it hard to justify the struggle for their own growth.
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It’s past time that people get involved in thinking – now that the computers can take over the field of memory.
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Can someone eat the fruit that comes from the tree of action that grows from the seeds of your mind?
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Just as feelings grow out of ignorance, intuition should grow out of knowledge.
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Vanity begins and ends with deception, so the reason people put interesting and attractive clothes on their bodies is perhaps the same for having uninteresting and unattractive expressions on their faces.