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6 Popular Inspirational Quotes with Utterly Horrible Advice
The advice sounds good, but…
I have a confession. I am a quote whore. And my addiction is hurting my personal relationships.
It started with a slim yellow journal in my twenties, where I scribbled my favorite musings. And then technology allowed it to grow. And grow…
Now I have a searchable database of witticisms for every occasion.
If a friend needs existentialist advice, I will regurgitate the Dalai Lama. (If my advice later proves wrong…I can blame it on the Tibetian translation.)
Love troubles? I will solve it with a pithy Proust missive. (Let’s try to forget that Marcel Proust failed comically at romantic relationships.)
So as part of controlling my addiction, I poured through my quote collection and found the worst ones. The ones that might sound profound, but when you strip away the pretty language…the advice kind of sucks.
Everyone is doing their best advice.
“People are doing the best that they can from their own level of consciousness.” — Deepak Chopra
