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Around 1960, Phil saw a vision of an iron mask on the horizon, lit up by the setting sun. He associated that mask with Wagnerian opera. It became the inspiration for his novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.
“Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise that makes no one happy. Moderation is for the bland, the apologetic, for the fence-sitters of the world afraid to take a stand. It's for those afraid to laugh or cry, for those afraid to live or die. Moderation...is lukewarm tea, the devil's own brew.”
― Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
― Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
“Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.”
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“Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it.
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.”
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Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.”
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“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
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“How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.”
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