“Just because I liked something at one point in time doesn’t mean I’ll always like it, or that I have to go on liking it at all points in time as an unthinking act of loyalty to who I am as a person, based solely on who I was as a person. To be loyal to myself is to allow myself to grow and change, and challenge who I am and what I think. The only thing I am for sure is unsure, and this means I’m growing, and not stagnant or shrinking.”
― At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.
― At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.
“so that this world that we imagine in this room might be used to gain access to other rooms, to other worlds previously unimaginable.”
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“It is only when we have renounced our preoccupation with "I," "me," "mine," that we can truly possess the world in which we live. Everything, provided that we regard nothing as property. And not only is everything ours; it is also everybody else's.”
― The Perennial Philosophy
― The Perennial Philosophy
“I figured it is always better to be unpopular by your own choice.”
― Vanished
― Vanished
“Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the fuck you were gonna do anyway.”
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