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“Deceitful, inauthentic individual existence is the precursor to social totalitarianism ... Repression contributed in a non-trivial to the development of mental illness. And the difference between repression of truth and a lie is a matter of degree, not kind ... It was lies that bred sickness ... Lies warp the structure of being. Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
The barely manageable crisis of a parent's terminal illness can be turned, for example, into something awful beyond description by the unseemly and petty squabbling of the sufferers' adult children. Obsessed by the unresolved past, they gather like ghouls around the deathbed forcing tragedy into an unholy dalliance with cowardice and resentment.
He broods in his basement imagining himself oppressed. He fantasizes with delight about the havoc he might wreak on the world that rejected him for his cowardice, awkwardness and inability. And sometimes, he wreaks precisely that havoc and everyone asks why. They could know but refused to.
Any natural weakness or existential challenge, no matter how minor can be magnified into a serious crisis with enough deceit in the individual family or culture. The honest human spirit may continually fail in its attempts to bring about paradise on Earth ... With love, encouragement and character intact, a human being can be resilient beyond imagining.”
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The barely manageable crisis of a parent's terminal illness can be turned, for example, into something awful beyond description by the unseemly and petty squabbling of the sufferers' adult children. Obsessed by the unresolved past, they gather like ghouls around the deathbed forcing tragedy into an unholy dalliance with cowardice and resentment.
He broods in his basement imagining himself oppressed. He fantasizes with delight about the havoc he might wreak on the world that rejected him for his cowardice, awkwardness and inability. And sometimes, he wreaks precisely that havoc and everyone asks why. They could know but refused to.
Any natural weakness or existential challenge, no matter how minor can be magnified into a serious crisis with enough deceit in the individual family or culture. The honest human spirit may continually fail in its attempts to bring about paradise on Earth ... With love, encouragement and character intact, a human being can be resilient beyond imagining.”
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“Should we look at the spring blossoms only in full flower or the moon when cloudless and clear? Beauty is not only evident in the joyous, the loud, or the obvious.
Wabi implies a stillness with an air of rising above the mundane. It's an acceptance of reality and an insight that comes with that. It allows us to realize that whatever our situation, there is beauty hiding somewhere... The feeling generated by recognizing the beauty found in simplicity... A sense of quiet contentment found away from the trappings of a materialistic world.”
― Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life
Wabi implies a stillness with an air of rising above the mundane. It's an acceptance of reality and an insight that comes with that. It allows us to realize that whatever our situation, there is beauty hiding somewhere... The feeling generated by recognizing the beauty found in simplicity... A sense of quiet contentment found away from the trappings of a materialistic world.”
― Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life
“All people serve their ambition.
In that matter, there are no atheists.
There are only people who know and don't know what God they serve.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
In that matter, there are no atheists.
There are only people who know and don't know what God they serve.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“Everyone is flawed in their own interesting and individual ways. Our flaws help define our character.”
― The Science of Storytelling
― The Science of Storytelling
“It often took me a long time to ferret out the deception.
Sometimes, I was using words for appearance. Sometimes, I was trying to disguise my own true ignorance of the topic at hand. Sometimes, I was using the words of others to avoid the responsibility of thinking for myself.
If you pay attention when you are seeking something, you will move towards your goal. More importantly however, you will acquire the information that allows your goal itself to transform.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Sometimes, I was using words for appearance. Sometimes, I was trying to disguise my own true ignorance of the topic at hand. Sometimes, I was using the words of others to avoid the responsibility of thinking for myself.
If you pay attention when you are seeking something, you will move towards your goal. More importantly however, you will acquire the information that allows your goal itself to transform.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
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