@Mark_Turner WOW !! I had not seen this quote before and it is SO TRUE (for many areas of life). Thanks for making my day with this quote.
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Even if all is covered by lies, even if all is under their rule, let us resist in the smallest way: Let their rule hold not through me! And as for him who lacks the courage to defend even his own soul: Let him not brag of his progressive views, boast of his status as an academician or a recognized artist, a distinguished citizen or general. Let him say to himself plainly: I am cattle, I am a coward, I seek only warmth and to eat my fill.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN
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I have a book of his on my wish list, picked up quite a few lately, about 8 or so, from Huxley, Freud, Ginsberg, Nietzche etc.
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I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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I don’t get it.
A woman simply is… Is what? Women are many things!
But a man must become… What do we need to become? Men are men!
Why can’t people just come out with it and be more specific instead of saying this mystical, one-size-fits-all mumbo jumbo?
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I think what she meant is in a traditional way; boys have to become men at some point, to be regarded as a man (some never do). Women don’t have to change. Here is a similar one
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I’m not sure about that one, either, sounds old school. Who is Camille Paglia?
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Yeah well I’m still not buying it. Sure a boy has to become a man. It’s the rite of passage, with many cultures adding some variance into the mix. But the same can be said for a girl. She isn’t born with instant woman-like qualities. She still has to learn much of the traits that will make her a women. Everyone of us is a product of our environment which, in turn, influences how we enter adulthood and how we see and treat people in the world around us. Not to sound disrespectful and I’m not bashing your post so get get me wrong. But Camille sounds like a either a tree hugger or one of those “hear me roar” types.
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“Happiness should come as a By-product of what you do, it should not be a goal”
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Problem is that quote if true it’s still leads to a 50% divorce rate. You aren’t going to change anyone who doesn’t change on their own.
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It says neither men or women have realistic expectations. 
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Ain’t that the truth…
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The final sentence of that is,
“And both are eventually disappointed.”
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The further society drifts from the truth, the more it hates those who speak it.
SELWYN DUKE
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Lmao TZ 
. Hey, I think I may be a tree hugger. I recently hauled my pole cutter out to a tree on conservation land and gave it a badly needed pruning. After that I talked to it a little and wished it luck. I think it likes me
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And now I know why I like that pine tree so much. Take a look at this…
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That’s really interesting, being raised in a heavy native populated town and in the center of the Boreal, it was not uncommon to see native people plucking away at even pine needles as well, even some saps were chewed on as it ran out of a tree… I think they called it, “Maple syrup” … No, but seriously, growing up it was pretty common and a lot of the native folks, including my family would nibble on some pine needles and whatnot. Pretty cool.
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