"Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life."
-Georg Simmel
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"In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify but which he must accept upon faith and belief.“
-Georg Simmel
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"For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation it is a specific form of interaction."
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"Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind of the other, and this picture evidently is in reciprocal relationship with that personal relationship."
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"Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it."
-Georg Simmel
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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"Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable."
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"Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals."
-Albert Schweitzer
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