A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest form of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal in satisfying his vices. And it all comes from lying — to others and to yourself. The Karamazov Brothers

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. Sweet Thursday

“In order to change an existing imagined order, we must first believe in an alternative imagined order.” Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself. Maxim for Revolutionists