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“It takes energy to get angry. It eats you up inside. I can’t waste my energy like that and expect to get ahead. When they left, it took everything I had in me just to survive. Now I have to stay focused. I’ve just gotta take care of it
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Emotions are draining. Emotions often draw you away from what’s really important: the present. The word emotion itself comes from the Latin word, “to disturb.”
“To think too much is a disease.”
― Notes from Underground & The Double
― Notes from Underground & The Double
“About a month after I returned from Vietnam, one of my former prison mates came running to me after a reunion at the Naval Academy. He told me with glee, "This is really great, you won't believe how this country has advanced. They've practically done away with the plebe year at the academy, and they've got computers in the basement of Bancroft Hall." I thought, "Hell, if there was anything that helped us get through those eight years it was plebe year, and if anything screwed up that war, it was computers.”
― Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot
― Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot
“They were afraid of dying, but they were even more afraid to show it.”
― The Things They Carried
― The Things They Carried
“It was not courage, exactly; the object was not valor. Rather, they were too frightened to be cowards.”
― The Things They Carried
― The Things They Carried
“They say, "Look before you leap." So look. But do not look for too long. Do not look into the void of uncertainty trying to predict each and every possible outcome, to evaluate every possible mistake, to prevent each possible failure. Look for the opportunity to leap, and leap faster than your fear can grab you. Leap before you talk yourself out of it, before you convince yourself to set up a temporary camp that turns into a permanent delay on your journey into your own heart.”
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