人間の心には互に矛盾した二つの感情がある。勿論、誰でも他人の不幸に同情しない者はない。所がその人がその不幸を、どうにかして切りぬける事が出来ると、今度はこっちで何となく物足りないような心もちがする。少し誇張して云えば、もう一度その人を、同じ不幸に陥れて見たいような気にさえなる。そうして何時の間にか、消極的ではあるが、或敵意をその人に対して抱くような事になる。の英語

There are two contradicting emotions within the human heart. Needless to say, there isn't a person who doesn't feel empathy towards other's misfortunes. However, when you see a person finally able to overcome their misfortunes it is possible to feel a sense of dissatisfaction. To exaggerate a little, it leaves you with a sense that you want to see that person fall into the same misfortune again. Before you know it you unwillingly harbour a sense of hostility towards them.

Happy people are those who remember only the good things from the past, while unhappy people are those who remember only the opposite.

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.

We look back on days gone by, if not always with affections, at any rate with a kind of wistfulness.

We look back on days gone by if not always with affections, at any rate with a kind of wistfulness.

It is neither evil nor good which determines our behaviour. It is our preferences, or even the ability to choose what suits us best. I've never thought otherwise.

Friendship in itself is something very vague and even in cases of same-sex friendships, it takes many shapes and is brought on by many different motives.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

The scientist has a love of facts, even isolated facts, similar to the poet's love of words.

As a result, it is undeniable that important disciplines and moral education have been neglected. By placing excessive importance on scholastic achievement, many parents have forgotten such basic social courtesies as consideration for others.

By placing excessive importance on scholastic achievement, many parents have forgotten such basic social courtesies as consideration for others.

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The truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is.

This is why I want you to face your real feelings and cherish them even if your feelings are not sunny or positive.

One doesn't only live their life as an individual human, without realizing it, that person lives their life within their era and with the people within that era.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Life would be terribly monotonous and deadly boring if everyone felt, thought and spoke the same.

I like to feel sad. I know that most people try to avoid any kind of sad feeling. But I think that is wrong.

Mastering facts patiently is far more necessary for them than learning expressive and critical skills.

When we deal with people, it would be wise to try to separate the sheep from the goats without letting them know it.

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

I have amongst my relatives, a single one who sincerely lives righteously, has strict principles and pursues an ideal, but all my other relatives speak ill and make fun of him.

It is unreasonable [inconsistent] for you to insist that you should live as you please when you are entirely dependent on other people for your living.

Which means that our perception of any situation depends only partly on sensory signals being received at that time.

This means that our perception of any situation depends only partly on sensory signals being received at that time.

Generally, the sense whether or not an expression is natural can't really be relied on. For example, even if it feels unnatural, it is often easily due to lack of experience.

He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb.

At any time in history, in any country you can think of, a child grows up borrowing from parents' values. There are some who would point out that the kind of mentality towards education that some women called "education mama" have, is actually emotionally scarring for the child.

As children are known to emulate the values of adults, it is often pointed out such "education mamas" instill a warped sense of values in their children.

All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.