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“Crucial for man is his attitude toward failure: whether it remains hidden from him and overwhelms him only objectively at the end or whether he perceives it unobscured as the constant limit of his existence; whether he snatches at fantastic solutions and consolations or faces it honestly, in silence before the unfathomable. The way in which man approaches his failure determines what he will become.”
― Way to Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy
― Way to Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy
“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.”
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“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee? But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”
― A Happy Death
― A Happy Death
“The literal meaning of life is whatever you're doing that prevents you from killing yourself.”
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“Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves.”
― My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
― My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
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