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“Wisdom will not open her doors to those who are not willing to pay the price in self-sacrifice, in hard work. Her jewels are too precious to scatter before the idle, the ambitionless.”
― He Can Who Thinks He Can & Other Books on Success
― He Can Who Thinks He Can & Other Books on Success
“Be brave, be curious, be determined, overcome the odds. It can be done”
― Brief Answers to the Big Questions
― Brief Answers to the Big Questions
“Today’s present is tomorrow’s past,
So make this present a beautiful one.”
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So make this present a beautiful one.”
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“You must realize that the world is a joke. There is no justice, everything is random. Only when you realize this will you understand how silly it is to take yourself seriously. There is no purpose in the universe. It just is. There’s no particular meaning in what decision you make today about how to act.”
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“I have spent my life travelling across the universe, inside my mind.”
― Brief Answers to the Big Questions
― Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Stoic Book Club
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This club is about traditional Stoicism with the distinct purpose of enabling and promoting discourse on Stoic philosophy as a way of life.
Underground Knowledge — A discussion group
— 26208 members
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This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring ...more
Political Philosophy and Ethics
— 6613 members
— last activity Sep 11, 2026 11:21PM
Study and discussion of the important questions of ethical and political philosophy from Confucius and Socrates to the present. Rules (see also the ...more
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