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Envision someone else, someone better than you. Stronger. Smarter. Tougher. Then do what that guy would do. “Act like who you want to be,”
“Throughout the millennia and across cultures, those who have thought carefully about desire have drawn the conclusion that spending our days working to get whatever it is we find ourselves wanting is unlikely to bring us either happiness or tranquility.”
― A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
― A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
“No matter how many men you kill, you can't kill your successor.”
― Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
― Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
“what is life? Is it not a hall in Death's anteroom?”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“It’s not about outward appearances but inward significance.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
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