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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
Few men are sufficiently discerning to appreciate all the evil they do.
[Il n’y a guère d’homme assez habile pour connoître tout le mal qu’il fait.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶269 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959), ¶269]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #denial #ego #evil #evildoer #harm #pride #selfawareness #selfcondemnation #selfcriticism #selfdeception #selfdoubt #selfjudgment #selfopinion #selfpolicing #selfrationalization #selfreproach #selfrighteousness #vanity #wrongdoing
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
Few men are sufficiently discerning to appreciate all the evil they do.
[Il n’y a guère d’homme assez habile pour connoître tout le mal qu’il fait.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶269 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959), ¶269]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #denial #ego #evil #evildoer #harm #pride #selfawareness #selfcondemnation #selfcriticism #selfdeception #selfdoubt #selfjudgment #selfopinion #selfpolicing #selfrationalization #selfreproach #selfrighteousness #vanity #wrongdoing
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
Few men are sufficiently discerning to appreciate all the evil they do.
[Il n’y a guère d’homme assez habile pour connoître tout le mal qu’il fait.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶269 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959), ¶269]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #denial #ego #evil #evildoer #harm #pride #selfawareness #selfcondemnation #selfcriticism #selfdeception #selfdoubt #selfjudgment #selfopinion #selfpolicing #selfrationalization #selfreproach #selfrighteousness #vanity #wrongdoing
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
Few men are sufficiently discerning to appreciate all the evil they do.
[Il n’y a guère d’homme assez habile pour connoître tout le mal qu’il fait.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶269 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959), ¶269]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #denial #ego #evil #evildoer #harm #pride #selfawareness #selfcondemnation #selfcriticism #selfdeception #selfdoubt #selfjudgment #selfopinion #selfpolicing #selfrationalization #selfreproach #selfrighteousness #vanity #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
But when thoughts and words are collected and adjusted, and the whole composition at last concluded, it seldom gratifies the author, when he comes coolly and deliberately to review it, with the hopes which had been excited in the fury of the performance: novelty always captivates the mind; as our thoughts rise fresh upon us, we readily believe them just and original, which, when the pleasure of production is over, we find to be mean and common, or borrowed from the works of others, and supplied by memory rather than invention.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1754-03-02), The Adventurer, No. 138More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/81911…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #author #creativity #disappointment #editing #novelty #originality #plagiarism #repetition #review #selfconsciousness #selfcriticism #selfdefeat #selfdeprecation #selfdoubt #selfjudgment #selfopinion #selfreflection #selfsabotage #writing
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
But when thoughts and words are collected and adjusted, and the whole composition at last concluded, it seldom gratifies the author, when he comes coolly and deliberately to review it, with the hopes which had been excited in the fury of the performance: novelty always captivates the mind; as our thoughts rise fresh upon us, we readily believe them just and original, which, when the pleasure of production is over, we find to be mean and common, or borrowed from the works of others, and supplied by memory rather than invention.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1754-03-02), The Adventurer, No. 138More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/81911…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #author #creativity #disappointment #editing #novelty #originality #plagiarism #repetition #review #selfconsciousness #selfcriticism #selfdefeat #selfdeprecation #selfdoubt #selfjudgment #selfopinion #selfreflection #selfsabotage #writing
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A quotation from Thomas Fuller
Dare not to be guilty of ill Things, tho’ thou wert sure to be secret and unpunished. Conscience will sit upon it, and that is Witness, Jury, Judge, and Executioner.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 2216 (1727)More info about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/79900/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #conscience #guilt #guiltyconscience #selfawareness #selfcondemnation #selfconsciousness #selfcriticism #selfdeprecation #selfesteem #selfinflictedwound #selfjudgment #selfregard #shame #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Thomas Fuller
Dare not to be guilty of ill Things, tho’ thou wert sure to be secret and unpunished. Conscience will sit upon it, and that is Witness, Jury, Judge, and Executioner.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 2216 (1727)More info about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/79900/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #conscience #guilt #guiltyconscience #selfawareness #selfcondemnation #selfconsciousness #selfcriticism #selfdeprecation #selfesteem #selfinflictedwound #selfjudgment #selfregard #shame #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Thomas Fuller
Dare not to be guilty of ill Things, tho’ thou wert sure to be secret and unpunished. Conscience will sit upon it, and that is Witness, Jury, Judge, and Executioner.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 2216 (1727)More info about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/79900/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #conscience #guilt #guiltyconscience #selfawareness #selfcondemnation #selfconsciousness #selfcriticism #selfdeprecation #selfesteem #selfinflictedwound #selfjudgment #selfregard #shame #wrongdoing
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Komplexität oder nur Wasser?
Was, wenn Vereinfachung uns nimmt, was Dinge tragen? Zwischen „zu komplex“ und „angenehm kompliziert“ liegt Haltung
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/komplexitat-oder-nur-wasser#Philosophie #Psychologie #Komplexität #Selbstreflexion #Gesellschaft #Alltag
Complexity or just water?
What if simplification strips what gives things meaning? Between “too complex” and “pleasantly complicated” lies a stance
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/complexity-or-just-water#Philosophy #Psychology #Complexity #SelfReflection #Society #EverydayLife
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Recht zu haben fühlt sich oft wie Klarheit an — psychologisch betrachtet kann es jedoch auch Selbststabilisierung unter Druck sein. Der innere Anwalt schläft nie wirklich.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/recht-haben
#Philosophie #Psychologie #Selbstreflexion
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Being right may feel like certainty — but certainty rarely lasts. Sometimes arguments defend identity more than truth.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/being-right
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Erwachsenwerden heißt oft nur zu merken, dass niemand mehr kommt, der „die Erwachsenen“ sind.
👉️️https://whisper7.substack.com/p/erwachsenenprobleme#Philosophie #Gesellschaft #Selbstreflexion
Growing up often means realising that nobody else is coming who counts as “the adults”.
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When I possess, I lose. Letting go of 'mine' and 'yours' allows things to regain their light in my eyes, incinerating the very idea of division. The material becomes an extension of the psychological — there is no need to live in poverty or cling to wealth, for all grows from inner abundance.
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Albert Camus, das Absurde, das Trotzdem — und die Frage, warum Menschen weiterschreiben, obwohl keine Endgarantie existiert.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/albert-camus
#Philosophie #Literatur #Selbstreflexion
Albert Camus, the absurd, the nevertheless — and the question of why people keep writing despite the absence of any final guarantee.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/albert-camus-englisch-version
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Life teaches lessons. Each step helps you know where you stand.
#Quotes #HayleyWilliamsQuotes #LifeLessons #SelfReflection #Growth
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Einsamkeit ist nicht laut. Manchmal ist sie nur konsequent — und genau deshalb schwer erkennbar. Ein Text über Stille, Resonanzräume und innere Leere.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/einsamkeit-e08#Philosophie #Psychologie #Selbstreflexion
Loneliness is not loud. Sometimes it is simply consistent — and therefore difficult to recognise. A text about silence, resonance, and inner emptiness.
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Ein Text darüber, wie Schreiben nicht nur Gedanken festhält, sondern im Alltag weiterarbeitet — leise, prüfend, manchmal unbequemer als jede direkte Erkenntnis.
https://whisper7.substack.com/p/eine-beobachtung-aus-der-selbsttherapie
#Philosophie #Selbstreflexion #Psychologie #Literatur
A text about how writing does not merely preserve thoughts, but continues working through everyday life — quietly, critically, sometimes more uncomfortable than direct insight itself.https://whisper7.substack.com/p/an-observation-from-self-therapy
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Therapie ist kein sicherer Ort. Sie ist ein Raum, der Sicherheit immer wieder herstellen muss — durch Grenzen, Reparatur und Kontextsensibilität.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/kontextsensibilitat-in-der-therapie#Philosophie #Psychologie #Therapie #Gesellschaft #Selbstreflexion
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Therapy is not a safe place by default. It is a space that must continuously recreate safety — through boundaries, repair, and context sensitivity.
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What If They’re Already Here?
Recently, Neil deGrasse Tyson visited Stephen Colbert to talk about aliens and his new book Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives On Your First Alien Encounter. He discussed aliens, why you probably shouldn’t shake hands, and how they might mirror what they see of humanity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UNUkJMbvpQ
It made me think of the story I wrote on that topic, and how I hope that humanity does more good than not. I’ve re-posted before but I like the story, so here it is again. Click through for the full piece.
You and Yours
I came from the stars to meet you. I was happy. Excited, even. First contact with your verdant world. Think of all that we could share with you.
“You” could have meant a lot of things. I started with one of the most populous. An insect.
I remember little of what it was like, a flash of light, a warm wriggle in a puddle after rain. The feel of wind in my wings.
It’s embarrassing to say this now, but I was promptly eaten.
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Photo by Dre Erwin on Unsplash #365Ways #365Ways2026 #aliens #inspiration #science #selfReflection #writing -
Ein Text über unsichtbare Härte – und den Preis, den niemand sehen will.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/das-monument-das-es-nicht-gibt#Philosophie #Gesellschaft #Ethik #Selbstreflexion #Sprache
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A text about invisible hardness – and the cost no one wants to see.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/the-monument-that-does-not-exist
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Der Raum ohne Spiegel: Spott trifft – aber nur nach außen.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/der-raum-ohne-spiegel#Philosophie #Politik #Gesellschaft #Kultur #Selbstreflexion #Sprache
The Room Without Mirrors: Mockery hits—but only outward.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/the-room-without-mirrors#philosophy #politics #society #culture #selfreflection #language
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Ein Text gehört dir nicht mehr, wenn er gebraucht wird. Nicht missverstanden—benutzt. Zwischen moralischer Lesart und „ehrlicher Betrachtung“ bleibt kaum Raum.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/projektionsflachen-und-moralische#Philosophie #Literatur #Sprache #Selbstreflexion #Gesellschaft
A text stops being yours once it’s needed. Not misunderstood—used. Between moral reading and “honest observation,” little space remains.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/projection-surfaces-and-moral-readings -
Emo trifft Nihilismus – Es tut weh. Und nichts garantiert Sinn. Genau dort beginnt die eigentliche Frage: Was ist trotzdem wichtig?
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/emo-und-nihilismus#Philosophie #Literatur #Gesellschaft #Selbstreflexion
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Emo meets nihilism— it hurts, and nothing guarantees meaning. That’s exactly where a different question begins: what still matters anyway?
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/emo-and-nihilism -
Glück als Experiment, nicht als Versprechen. Zwischen Freundlichkeit und Skepsis entsteht etwas, das trägt – aber nichts beschönigt.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/der-elefant-im-raum#Philosophie #Gesundheit #Wohlbefinden #Selbstreflexion #Psychologie #Sprache
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Happiness as an experiment, not a promise. Between kindness and scepticism, something emerges that holds—without smoothing anything over.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/the-elephant-in-the-room#Philosophy #Health #Wellness #SelfReflection #Psychology #Language
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Distanz ist kein Rückzug. Nähe kein Beweis.
Zwischen beiden entsteht etwas Drittes: Wahrnehmung ohne Rangordnung.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/distanz-und-nahe
#Philosophie #Psychologie #Selbstreflexion #Gesellschaft #Sprache
Distance is not withdrawal. Closeness is not proof.
Between them, something else emerges: perception without hierarchy.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/distance-and-closeness
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Armut ist kein Zustand, sondern ein System aus Einschränkungen, das sich leise in Denken, Zeit und Beziehungen einschreibt.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/armut#Philosophie #Gesellschaft #Selbstreflexion #Gesundheit #Wohlbefinden #Literatur #Kultur
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Poverty is not a condition but a system of constraints that quietly shapes thinking, time, and relationships.
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/poverty#Philosophy #Society #SelfReflection #Health #Wellness #Literature #Culture
