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A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck

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All my life I had lived with a strong sense of morality. How do you give it up? How do you do things you thought you’d never do? Where do all the things you believed go, when all the supporting structure is found to be a myth? How do you ...more

The way Soren choses to live his life in the face of this crisis stands in stark contrast to the Direites, who choose a much less compassionate path. Having an external system as a supporting structure at least gives a society something to hew to, flawed as it may be.

Steve’s Quotes

“Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.”
― Winston Churchill

tags: planning, plans, plotting, process

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“Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and of what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

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