Jan Hrubý
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“Things take the time they take.
Don't worry.
How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine?”
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Don't worry.
How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine?”
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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
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.”
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“No one who can rise before dawn 360 days a year fails to make his family rich"
~ Chinese proverb”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
~ Chinese proverb”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
Jan’s 2025 Year in Books
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