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‘God grant,’ he said, ‘that he may learn to understand in time that whoso is minded to do as he himself wills will soon enough see the day when he will find he has done that which he had never willed.’ “
“The flight from self is concealed beneath the flight from one’s setting and way of life. It will be better elsewhere; it used to be better back then. In short, the here and now become unbearable. Alone and confronting himself, beneath the noonday sun, the monk can no longer see or hear himself; he no longer tolerates himself. His illusory salvation lies in desertion.1 This”
― The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times
― The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times
“as the Self-Authoring Program).”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“I? Well,” he said slowly, “I sit, and I look at Him.” A wide smile stretched the fine-drawn lips. “And He looks at me.”
― Outlander
― Outlander
“I never understood how galling it was. Some smug bastard with a ledger comes into town, makes you pay for the privilege of owning something.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“God grant,’ he said, ‘that he may learn to understand in time that whoso is minded to do as he himself wills will soon enough see the day when he will find he has done that which he had never willed.’ ”
― The Axe
― The Axe
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