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Solitude: How to Transform Loneliness into a Powerful Tool for Mindfulness and Creativity (Flamingo)
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Two opposing drives operate throughout life: the drive for companionship, love, and everything else which brings us close to our fellow men; and the drive toward being independent, separate, and autonomous.
“Mephistopheles: Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it.
Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of God
And tasted the eternal joys of heaven,
Am not tormented with ten thousand hells
In being deprived of everlasting bliss?”
― Dr. Faustus
Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of God
And tasted the eternal joys of heaven,
Am not tormented with ten thousand hells
In being deprived of everlasting bliss?”
― Dr. Faustus
“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No'.”
― What to Listen for in Music
― What to Listen for in Music
“Words are never 'only words'; they matter because they define the contours of what we can do.”
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“Today, the mere idea of aristocracy is incompatible with the dominant ideology. But every people needs an aristocracy. It's an integral part of human nature and can't be dispensed with. The question then is not 'For or against aristocracy?' but 'What kind of aristocracy?”
― Why We Fight: Manifesto of the European Resistance
― Why We Fight: Manifesto of the European Resistance
“All people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it.”
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