It's A Quote

[vulcanlogician]

‘If you treat a man as what he is, he will remain what he is. If you treat a man as what he could be, he will become what he could be.’ - Goethe

Boru

So treating the dirtbag like a dead man works out?


Good to know...

The quote is contextual. Inasmuch as treating someone a certain way influences what they become, Gothe urges us to treat people what they could be.

You can't just walk the street around treating people a certain way and change them. That's absurd. And that's not what Goethe meant. But there are people in our lives whom our actions influence. Of those, I think it's a good idea to keep Goethe's words in mind.

[BrokenQuill92]

He shouldn’t have touched me with his creepy serial killer hands

Bones

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority it is time to pause and reflect. 

Mark Twain

 You mean like being an atheist? (we're about 15% of the world population) 

I'm more inclined to question my judgement on important shit when I'm in agreement with we the people , who are sheep.

[Gwaithmir]

“Morality is doing right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.” (H.L. Mencken) 

[vulcanlogician]

"Steal a little and they throw you in jail

Steal a lot and they make you king."

--Bob Dylan

[Gwaithmir]

“Wow. No God. If Mum had lied to me about God, had she also lied to me about Santa? Yes, but who cares? The gifts kept coming. And so did the gifts about my newfound atheism. The gifts of truth, science, nature. The real beauty of this world. Not a world my design, but one by chance. I learned about evolution---a theory so simple and obvious that only England’s greatest genius could have come up with it. Evolution of plants, animals and us---with imagination, free will, love and humor. I no longer needed a reason for my existence, just a reason to live. And imagination, free will, love, humor, fun, music, sports, beer, and pizza are all good enough reasons for living.” (Ricky Gervais) 

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

‘The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest is just a fucking lunatic.’ - Stephen Fry

Boru

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

‘The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest is just a fucking lunatic.’ - Stephen Fry

Boru

 Indeed. In fact it tends to indicate the opposite.

[Alan V]

‘The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest is just a fucking lunatic.’ - Stephen Fry

Boru

Swearing strikes me as a sign of laziness.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]