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"From so much self-revising, I've destroyed myself. From so much self-thinking, I'm now my thoughts and not I. I plumbed myself and dropped the plumb; I spend my life wondering if I'm deep or not, with no remaining plumb except my gaze that shows me - blackly vivid in the mirror at the bottom of the well - my own face that observes me observing it." — Jan 26, 2026 10:18AM
"From so much self-revising, I've destroyed myself. From so much self-thinking, I'm now my thoughts and not I. I plumbed myself and dropped the plumb; I spend my life wondering if I'm deep or not, with no remaining plumb except my gaze that shows me - blackly vivid in the mirror at the bottom of the well - my own face that observes me observing it." — Jan 26, 2026 10:18AM
“Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.”
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“One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.
In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
“Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Perhaps this is why we always love madly someone who treats us with indifference.”
― Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950
― Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950
“Know yourselves- be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye.”
― Essays
― Essays
“All striving comes from lack, from a dissatisfaction with one's condition, and is thus suffering as long as it is not satisfied; but no satisfaction is lasting; instead, it is only the beginning of a new striving. We see striving everywhere inhibited in many ways, struggling everywhere; and thus always suffering; there is no final goal of striving, and therefore no bounds or end to suffering.”
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
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