Timeless Aphorisms

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Evert Jan Ouweneel

1972-

 

Abstract thought: increasing sight by decreasing instances.

 

Eventually, people stick to the things they cannot get rid of.

 

A lack of doubt leads to a lack of creativity.

 

Never divulge a negative remark,
unless it is more negative not to do so.

 

True profundity resists true vanity.

 

Most people are more cunning than they think they are.

 

Every vison of the future is indigestible in a measure,
for it is by definition too precocious.

 

Can any of us face the world and not cover it up?

 

Repeating oneself is often not worth the effort.

 

Vanity in the mountains: six hairpin bends on both sides.

 

Coffee machines cannot discriminate: the coffee is always black.

 

Egoists are either ignorant or they can afford their egoism.

 

The weaker our judgment the stronger our condemnation.

 

Don´t clear something up before experiencing its complexity.

 

Thoughts do not convince, but motivate.
Feelings do not motivate, but convince.

 

It is painful for the living that life continues also without the dead.

 

Healthy naïvety: neglecting certain uncertainties.

 

There is some similarity between the human feelings after a shower of rain and a shower of tears.