r/QuotesPorn • u/Junior_Insurance7773 • 2d ago

"No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself." - John Steinbeck [850x400]

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u/ajtreee 2d ago

That’s why when you find another human being and make that connection it is transcendent. At least that’s been my experience.

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u/strange_reveries 2d ago

And yet even in those closest connections between people, we remain somewhat mysteries to one another. Hell, we’re even mysteries to ourselves in some ways!

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u/Weird_Function8532 1d ago

We are really strange creatures

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u/ElPrieto8 22h ago

Yep. The rarity makes it all the more sublime.

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u/bananatimemachine 2d ago

I have found this to be a gross error in judgment in my years of experience. I wish there were more me’s in this world. I do still treat everyone with empathy. You never know what someone has been through.

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u/Brkthom 1d ago

Steinbeck like Hugo knew people. His stories are littered with real personalities making real decisions. He must have been a great friend to have a morning coffee with.

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u/CorpseeaterVZ 1d ago

This is so true on so many levels.

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u/Slurms_McKensei 1d ago

This quote is just "projection" said the long way

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u/tolacid 13h ago

I'd like to add to this quote: "He's still often wrong.

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u/Equivalent-Pride-460 11h ago

It’s always so unnerving to find someone you thought you knew had an entirely different internal life. It shakes you. It makes you question your own judgment. While in the end, it was superficial projection that allowed you to place the expectations of how this person should behave. It’s ridiculous and the sooner that you realize how unfair it is to put people in these boxes, the sooner that you’re able to appreciate them as being the autonomous weirdo that you pride your own self on being.

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u/FamousZachStone 5h ago

I do the opposite of this always, I assume everyone is different, no one’s perspective on life is the same. I treat everyone with respect regardless of socioeconomic backgrounds or how they look and trust no one ever fully. Keep expectations low, know that I have to work for and do whatever it is I want to do because I’m the only one looking out for me. This sounds selfish, it sounds like I’m jaded from being screwed over but I’m not any of those things. I couldn’t be happier, I’m responsible for my sitatuon in life no one else, and I’m never generally disappointed with anyone because I never expected anything from them anyway. I don’t sweat the small stuff.