““My biggest mistake is that I consider myself as the subject. The fact is, I am only an object of existence. My limitations, hinder my view. My ignorance keeps me away from the truth.””

— Titon Rahmawan

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“I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth — and truth rewarded me.”

Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist

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“There is nothing wrong in the idea of a body, nor even in the idea ‘I am the body.’ But limiting oneself to one body only is a mistake. In reality all existence, every form, is my own, within my consciousness. (…).”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru

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“My poetry is exacting a confession
from me: I will not keep the truth
from my song and the heartstringed instrument.”

Frank Chipasula (1949) Malawian writer

"Manifeston On Ars Poetica," lines 1-3.
Visions and Reflections (1972)

“Keep me preoccupied
Keep me busy, busy, busy
So I won't have to think
I don't want to think
Because it only brings me pain
I just keep running away from
My problems
Keep me busy
Give me a million things to do
So I can keep running away from myself.”

Henry Rollins (1961) American singer-songwriter

“All the mistakes I make arise from forsaking my own station and trying to see the object from another person's point of view.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“The pictures of me on the Internet were silly, inappropriate shots. I appreciate all the support of my fans, and hope they understand that along the way I am going to make mistakes and I am not perfect. I never intended for any of this to happen, and I am truly sorry if I have disappointed anyone. Most of all, I have let myself down. I will learn from my mistakes and trust my support team.”

Miley Cyrus (1992) American actor and singer-songwriter

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“I am ignoring you. In fact, I think you are a figment of my imagination.”

Bruce Coville (1950) American writer

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“I am blessed by God. It is this trial that is going to show that I am going to be blessed by man during my existence, the benedictions are a guarantee that I was not wronged when by circumstance I was taken away from my adopted land to my native land.”

Louis Riel (1844–1885) Canadian politician

Address to Grand Jury (1885)

“WHAT BROUGHT MY POSSESSION INTO EXISTENCE -My Greatest Discovery " When I was 12, i discovered that i it was only my external self that was existing alone, when I became 14, i realized that they were two of me that have been existing since before my first discovery. That was my passion, now my purpose second discovery, at that point they were a lot of options and alternative to choose, then i first go, not just for the easiest, but for the most easiest for my possession. ( that's why little mistakes are far from me ). -Engr. Abah Sule”

“WHAT BROUGHT MY POSSESSION INTO EXISTENCE -My Greatest Discovery " When I was 12, i discovered that i it was only my external self that was existing alone, when I became 14, i realized that they were two of me that have been existing since before my first discovery. That was my passion, now my purpose second discovery, at that point they were a lot of options and alternative to choose, then i first go, not just for the easiest, but for the most easiest for my possession. ( that's why little mistakes are far from me ). -Engr. Abah Sule”

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