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“I know men who are healthier at fifty than they've ever been before, because a lot of their fear is gone.”
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“The purpose of life, as far as I can tell… is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.”
― Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
― Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
“There are people who prefer to say 'yes' and there are people who prefer to say 'no'. Those who say 'yes' are rewarded by the adventures they have. Those who say 'no' are rewarded by the safety they attain.”
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“Death is only one way of dying; living partially, living fearfully, is our more common, daily collusion with death.”
― What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life
― What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life
“Thus we are forced into a difficult choice: anxiety or depression. If we move forward, as our soul insists, we may be flooded with anxiety. If we do not move forward, we will suffer the depression, the pressing down of the soul’s purpose. In such a difficult choice one must choose anxiety, for anxiety is at least the path of personal growth; depression is a stagnation and defeat of life.”
― Swamplands of the Soul: New Life in Dismal Places
― Swamplands of the Soul: New Life in Dismal Places
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