In our society those who are ...

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.
In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.
 Marya Mannes

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you.

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Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive.
 Marya Mannes
The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.
 Marya Mannes
What is asserted by a man is an opinion; what is asserted by a woman is opinionated. A woman with ideas and the ability to express them is something of a social embarrassment, like an unhousebroken pet.
 Marya Mannes
The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.
 Marya Mannes
Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.
 Marya Mannes