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“What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.”
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“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”
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“The more civilized, the more conscious and complicated a man is, the less he is able to follow his instincts. His complicated living conditions and the influence of his environment are so strong that they drown the quiet voice of nature. Opinions, beliefs, theories, and collective tendencies appear in its stead and back up all the aberrations of the conscious mind. Deliberate attention should then be given to the unconscious so that the compensation can set to work.”
― Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self
― Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self
“Sometimes I think I've felt everything I'm ever gonna feel and from here on out I'm not going to feel anything new - just lesser versions of what I've already felt.”
― her
― her
“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.”
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