thought police
"a group of people who aim or are seen as aiming to suppress ideas that deviate from the way of thinking that they believe to be correct" --google
Quotes
learning "the hard way"
"Learning from personal mistakes and experience, versus by empathizing with someone else’s advice/shared experience, by reading, etc." --by request
"rotten to the core"
Calibration of the level indicated.
specious reasoning
"superficially plausible, but actually wrong... misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive." --google dictionary
clairvoyance
"1: the power or faculty of discerning objects not present to the senses.
2: ability to perceive matters beyond the range of ordinary perception" --merriam-webster.com
lucidity
"clearness of thought or style" --merriam-webster.com
oblivion
"the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening" --google
"fake it 'til you make it"
"suggests that by imitating confidence, competence, and an optimistic mindset, a person can realize those qualities in their real life and achieve the results they seek." --wikipedia
term "people of color," BIPOC
by request
“everything has its advantages and disadvantages”
By request. A saying in Poland, evidently.
"beggars can't be choosers"
Calibration of the saying.
a picture is worth a thousand words
Calibration of the saying
assumptions
by request: "something that you accept as true without question or proof" --Cambridge dictionary
sunyata (śūnyatā)
"Śūnyatā" (Sanskrit) is usually translated as "devoidness", "emptiness", "hollow", "hollowness", "voidness". --wikipedia
transcendence
"existence or experience beyond the normal or physical level" --google