Anyone who knows me will know I have zero tolerance for bullshit with people. I hate games, tests, lies and indirectness. I also hate when people say things like, "I never lie." That's lying right there. I like people who are 100% authentic, and this can be surprisingly difficult to find.

Great quote copied from Silverhorni's journal by way of Menwah's journal:

"People are often illogical, unreasonable and self-centered; forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you’ve got anyway. You see in the final analysis it’s between you and God: It was never between you and them anyway."

--Mother Teresa [one of the people I'd want to converse with at a dinner party]

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