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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON SELF-CONFLICT

 

 

Whatever you condemn, you have done yourself.

 

Georg Groddeck

 

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

 

Sidney J. Harris (1917-, American journalist)

 

It isn't the things that happen to us, it's the things we think are going to happen to us that drive us almost crazy.

 

Kathleen Norris (1880-1966, American novelist)

 

A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most. On Other Peoples Expectations: The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.

 

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950, Irish-born British dramatist)

 

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