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Forty lines

Grey Murality is the pen name I've written under for years, and it's where this domain came from. These days it's also short reels on Instagram and YouTube.

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Most people categorize others as a 0 or a 1, but only a few are able to understand and embrace the infinite number of entities between them.
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All forty lines

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    In a world painted with shades of grey, find the beauty in the nuanced colors that lie between black and white.

    Grey areas

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    Most people categorize others as a 0 or a 1, but only a few are able to understand and embrace the infinite number of entities between them.

    Grey areas · Empathy

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    The tale always favors the one who holds the pen — history bows to the voice that records it.

    Power

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    A man who cannot choose between black and white is always selfish.

    Grey areas · Morality

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    True strength quietly endures in patience, love relinquishes the need to conquer, and in the gentle order of the heart, we find that those we cherish become our compass rather than our conquest.

    Relationships · Empathy

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    Concealing emotions to appear composed may steal your peace and leave you exposed.

    Self · Honesty

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    Proximity breeds familiarity, and familiarity breeds contempt — sowing the seeds for resentment’s ascent.

    Relationships

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    Peaking early is a fleeting crown; it dazzles briefly but repels diffusely.

    Self

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    Religion ensnares women with the illusion of divine proximity while ruthlessly denying true equality.

    Power · Morality

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    Unspoken depths within the soul resonate profoundly, as hidden scars etch the essence of resilience, shaping a strength that transcends perception.

    Self

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    When authority blinds empathy, the less privileged bear the entire weight of the seesaw. True power blooms not in cruel command, but in the gentle touch that lifts a hand.

    Power · Empathy

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    Being transparent is a step beyond being honest. While honesty seeks to build trust, transparency would have already built it.

    Honesty

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    Overthinking builds walls where human connection seeks to build bridges. In the calm of our minds, we often complicate the simple, while the heart yearns for the honest and unspoken moments that truly unite us.

    Relationships · Self

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    Simplicity is not the absence of complexity but the mastery of it, where refinement emerges from reduction.

    Self

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    Empathy is not about walking in someone else’s shoes, but about recognizing the pain beneath their steps and offering a hand, not just to understand, but to uplift. Be empathetic. Be Humane.

    Empathy

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    Judging others by their worst inclinations while expecting to be judged by our best intentions is the hypocrisy that prevents humankind from succeeding.

    Morality · Empathy

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    Solitude with the fear of being forgotten is the same as being lonely, but not the same as being alone.

    Self · Relationships

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    You’ll cease to dwell on others’ views when you discover how seldom you’re in their thoughts.

    Self

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    Institutional dishonesty overrides individual honesty. A litre of water cannot dilute the ocean.

    Honesty · Power

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    Awkwardness in a small conversation is better than a resentful long relation.

    Relationships · Honesty

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    Acquisition of knowledge has to be a moral exercise but not amoral.

    Morality

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    In order to see a better world, be the best version of yourself first.

    Self

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    We ought to chase pleasure — it’s a measure we embrace without measure.

    Self

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    Emotions cannot be applied to your reasoning unless you reason through your emotions.

    Self

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    In a world that prioritizes doing things rightly, the importance of doing the right things is often overlooked.

    Morality

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    The world is a stage where a man who believes in randomness fights with a random man.

    Grey areas

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    A situation with known unknowns is better than a situation with unknown knowns.

    Grey areas

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    A good man is called so when he does good things but not when he stops doing bad things.

    Morality

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    A surplus in a relationship will always have a deficit on the other side. Relationships with such imbalances won’t last long both in the economic world and in the emotional world.

    Relationships

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    The bigger you become, the more you ignore the small things, both economically and emotionally.

    Power · Relationships

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    A man who cannot accept the absolute truth starts imposing his perceptions on others.

    Morality · Power

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    Exceptions are a result of massive generalisations. In the trap of becoming exceptional, don’t forget you are a general human.

    Self

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    The more you think you are changing, the more you stay the same.

    Self

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    Being moral doesn’t make you immortal, but it makes you feel immortal.

    Morality

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    Judging someone based on your morals is as good as self-praise.

    Morality

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    Being kind to others, knowing that they are not going to be as kind as you, makes you the kindest.

    Empathy · Relationships

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    People are moral not because of ethics, but because of fear.

    Morality

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    Good or bad is a dynamic and ever-evolving concept, susceptible to shifts in societal values.

    Grey areas · Morality

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    Men, their natures not altering overnight, seek in every new order a continuance of the old.

    Power