Collectivism Paradox

“It is a strange paradox of our history that collectivism, which tells us that we are to regard ourselves, in effect, as sacrificial animals, has been generally accepted as a doctrine representing benevolence and love for humankind. it is this collectivist morality that has served as justification for every dictatorship and every atrocity, past or present.”
--Nathaniel Branden

Strange Medicine

“Forgiveness is a strange medicine. If you give it to others, it heals the wounds in your heart.” --Unknown

Lost Your Mind

“You have lost your reason and taken the wrong path. You have taken lies for truth, and hideousness for beauty. You would marvel if, owing to strange events of some sorts, frogs and lizards suddenly grew on apple and orange trees instead of fruit, or if roses began to smell like a sweating horse; so I marvel at you who exchange heaven for earth. I don't want to understand you.”
--Anton Chekhov

Evasive Beast

“Man is an evasive beast, given to cultivating strange notions about himself.”
--Upton Sinclair

Love is Strange

“Love is a very strange thing. If you try to give it out, you get more back. You try to hang on to it, you lose it.”
--Warren Buffett

Not Important to Others

“Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.”
--Andre Dubus