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What quote permanently changed the way you look at things?

16 points| kaisix | 4 years ago |reddit.com | reply

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[+] sunstone|4 years ago|reply
"I think therefore I am." -- Descartes

Descartes was a deep skeptic and this statement was the one thing he could irrefutably believe must be true. Everything else is various degrees of speculation.

[+] natmaka|4 years ago|reply
Most people are not rational, they are TRIBAL: "my gang yay, your gang boo!" It really is that simple. The rest is cosmetics. -- War Nerd
[+] lakkal|4 years ago|reply
There is a saying, "Neither a lender nor a borrower be.". At some point I twisted that in my mind to "Neither a leader nor a follower be" and have tried to live by both.
[+] ChoGGi|4 years ago|reply
Standing strong, true, and free.