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“When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha
“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought.”
― Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
― Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
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