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Erk, the moment of truth | JPF Weekly

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Special issue, for people who bought a copy of A Speccy Man Has a Breakdown


Hello

Just wanted to let you know that I sent out a large number of books in the last couple of (terribly hot) days. Sorry it’s taken such a long time, what with all the shenanigans.

If you are among the first people who ordered, the book should be with you soon.

If you ordered more recently: thank you for your

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“What we need is often exactly what we already have.”
John-Paul Flintoff, How to Change the World

“The fact is that anything we do might be characterised as unhelpful, if only by people far away from ourselves, in time or space, who must deal with consequences that are hidden from us. Being aware of this, we are less likely to get carried away with messianic zeal, and that's no bad thing. In changing the world we can proceed with a degree of humility.”
John-Paul Flintoff, How to Change the World

“The search for meaning must always come before the pursuit of happiness, Frankl insists, as we must have a reason to be happy. Once the reason is found, one becomes happy automatically. But when Frankl talked about meaning, he didn’t only mean some grand, ultimate purpose, of the sort that might appear on our gravestone. He meant the potential meaning inherent and dormant in every situation we ever encounter. ‘The perception of meaning boils down to becoming aware of what can be done about a given situation.”
John-Paul Flintoff, How to Change the World

“Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.”
George Orwell

“The fact is that anything we do might be characterised as unhelpful, if only by people far away from ourselves, in time or space, who must deal with consequences that are hidden from us. Being aware of this, we are less likely to get carried away with messianic zeal, and that's no bad thing. In changing the world we can proceed with a degree of humility.”
John-Paul Flintoff, How to Change the World

“Clay is fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness, that their use depends.”
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Favour and disgrace would seem equally to be feared;”
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“If we could renounce our benevolence and discard our righteousness, the people would again become filial and kindly.”
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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