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6308393 The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot. bad-intentions criticism envy good-intentions inspirational intentions kindness motives necessary purity sincerity spot validity weakness Criss Jami
76a3c4a Nostalgia is a necessary thing, I believe, and a way for all of us to find peace in that which we have accomplished, or even failed to accomplish. At the same time, if nostalgia precipitates actions to return to that fabled, rosy-painted time, particularly in one who believes his life to be a failure, then it is an empty thing, doomed to produce nothing but frustration and an even greater sense of failure. actions fables failure frustration necessary nostalgia peace time R.A. Salvatore
81417b0 This pain, this terrible seeing-through that is in me now. It wasn't necessary. It is all pain, and it buys nothing. Gives birth to nothing. All in vain. All wasted. The older the world becomes, the more obvious it is. The bomb and the tortures in Algeria and the starving babies in the Congo. It gets bigger and darker. More and more suffering for more and more. And more and more in vain. birthing bomb dark necessary nothing obvious older pain starving suffering terrible torture vain waste wasted world John Fowles
8ff9eba Leia: 'Han, what have we done?' Han: 'The same thing we always have, Princess. What we had to.' --Leia Organa Solo and Han Solo legacy-of-the-force leia-organa leia-organa-solo necessary star-wars Troy Denning
40f5e89 I am a good runner. There are many faster, but not so many for whom it has been as necessary to learn to become nothing but flight. fast faster fastest good-runner lal lal-after-dark lal-alone lalkhamsin-khamsolal necessary nothing-but-flight runner running sailor-lal swordcane-lal Peter S. Beagle
a316a9f A theory is like medicine (or government): often useless, sometimes necessary, always self-serving, and on occasion lethal. So it needs to be used with care, moderation and close adult supervision. lethal medicine necessary self-serving supervision theory useless Nassim Nicholas Taleb