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I and Thou
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Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. The truth is too complex and frightening; the taste for the truth is an acquired taste that few acquire.
“if you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer. It”
― Zen in the Art of Writing
― Zen in the Art of Writing
“Even a slight ability to change oneself is more valuable than any power over the external universe. Metamorphosis is an exercise in willed restructuring of the mind.”
― Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic
― Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
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“but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.”
― H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection
― H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection
“The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source. Instead of trying to escape from our fear, we can invite it up to our awareness and look at it clearly and deeply.”
― Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm
― Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm
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