Success is whatever humiliation everyone has agreed to compete for.
Quotes from Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays — James Richardson
born 1950 United States
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The god of many cannot remain the true god.
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
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The best way to get people to do what you want is not to be too particular about what you want.
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Value yourself according to the burdens you carry, and you will find everything a burden.
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
The great consolation of righteousness is never having to worry whether you’re a bore.
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
Say too soon what you think and you will say what everyone else thinks.
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The man who sticks to his plan will become what he used to want to be.
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To practice Sincerity is to burden everyone else with believing you.
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The single sin is less of a problem than the good reasons for it.
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The first abuse of power is not realizing that you have it.
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The road reaches every place, the short cut only one.
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
Easier to keep changing your life than to live it.
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Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
To condemn your sin in another is hypocrisy. Not to condemn is to reserve your right to sin.
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I don’t know what’s meant by Know thyself, which seems to ask a window to look at a window.
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He does not deserve your praise, but he deserves to be treated as if someday he might.
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Whenever we feel sympathy would weaken us, we are a little closer to the torturer.
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The best way to know your faults is to notice which ones you accuse others of.
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Richardson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.