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“Pain is a relatively objective, physical phenomenon; suffering is our psychological resistance to what happens. Events may create physical pain, but they do not in themselves create suffering. Resistance creates suffering. Stress happens when your mind resists what is... The only problem in your life is your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds. ”
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“Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters
“The truth is not in the middle, and not in one extreme; but in both extremes.”
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“Whatever their bodies do affects their souls. It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out...”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters
“Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts,...Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape.”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters
Rafik’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rafik’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,445 books
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957 friends
119 books
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171 friends
121 books
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254 friends
258 books
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39 friends
225 books
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768 friends
3 books
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235 friends
21 books
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345 friends
4 books
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261 friends
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