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The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.
The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.
 Robert J. Sawyer

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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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Honor does not have to be defended.
 Robert J. Sawyer
You can't choose the ways in which you'll be tested.
 Robert J. Sawyer
The true God is not a form idealized; he/she/it is real and therefore, by definition, imperfect; only an abstraction can be free of flaws. And since God is imperfect, there will be suffering.... There is no perfect God. And your suffering requires no more explanation than that unavoidable imperfection.
 Robert J. Sawyer
There is no indisputable proof for the big bang," said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?
 Robert J. Sawyer
Secrecy was the problem; transparency the obvious cure.
 Robert J. Sawyer