“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
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“I have a list in my head of all the feelings I still want to feel before I die. And you have ticked so many things off that list.”
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“In the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition-, religion- and even nation-centred cultures, partly to decrease the danger of group conflict. But we are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness, and that is no improvement at all.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“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
“If a child has not been taught to behave properly by the age of four, it will forever be difficult for him or her to make friends.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
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