Malik Bedar Bakht
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“Marcia’s grief, for Seneca, exemplifies a universal human blindness. We assume that we own things—family, wealth, position—whereas we have only borrowed them from Fortune.”
― Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
― Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
“The other issue with overvaluing material success is the danger of prioritizing it over other values, such as honesty, nonviolence, and compassion. When people measure themselves not by their behavior, but by the status symbols they’re able to collect, then not only are they shallow, but they’re probably assholes as well.”
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
“Solving problems is a practical art, like swimming, or skiing, or playing the piano: you can learn it only by imitation and practice”
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