Shane Cummins

“Tell me who your enemy is, and I will tell you who you are.”
― Carl Schmitt

“If you do nothing, you are nothing. If someone could pluck you from existence and nothing would change, you've failed.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“Epictetus told his students, when they’d quote some great thinker, to picture themselves observing the person having sex. It’s funny, you should try it the next time someone intimidates you or makes you feel insecure. See them in your mind, grunting, groaning, and awkward in their private life—just like the rest of us.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“Better to have a short life that is full of what you life doing than a long life spent in a miserable way.”
― Allan Watts