‘Want,’ she told her, in a measured tone, ‘is an interesting word. It means lack. Sometimes if we fill that lack with something else the original want disappears entirely. Maybe you have a lack problem rather than a want problem. Maybe
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“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. Aristotle”
― Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction
― Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction
“Eudaemonia (happiness) is a good daemon, or a good thing. What then art thou doing here, O imagination? Go away, I entreat thee by the gods, as thou didst come, for I want thee not. But thou art come according to thy old fashion. I am not angry with thee: only go away.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busy-body, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Think of thy last hour. Let the wrong which is done by a man stay there where the wrong was done.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“The ultimate form of intrinsic motivation is when a habit becomes part of your identity. It’s one thing to say I’m the type of person who wants this. It’s something very different to say I’m the type of person who is this.”
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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