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For individuals to feel justified in doing horrible things to other people, they must feel an unwavering certainty in their own righteousness, in their own beliefs and deservedness. Racists do racist things because they’re certain about their genetic superiority. Religious fanatics blow themselves up and murder dozens of people because they’re certain of their place in heaven as martyrs.

— Mark Manson The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016)

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Evil people never believe that they are evil; rather, they believe that everyone else is evil.

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As a general rule, we’re all the world’s worst observers of ourselves.

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Pleasure is not the cause of happiness; rather, it is the effect.

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You too are going to die, and that’s because you too were fortunate enough to have lived.

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