“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
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“The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much sorrow can I hold? That’s how much gratitude I can give. If I carry only grief, I’ll bend toward cynicism and despair. If I have only gratitude, I’ll become saccharine and won’t develop much compassion for other people’s suffering. Grief keeps the heart fluid and soft, which helps make compassion possible.”
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“You need Power,
only when you want
to do something harmful
otherwise
Love is enough to get everything done.”
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only when you want
to do something harmful
otherwise
Love is enough to get everything done.”
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“He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is halfway there. He who blames no one has arrived.”
― The 36 Stratagems in Ancient China War: 三十六计
― The 36 Stratagems in Ancient China War: 三十六计
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
― Man and Superman
― Man and Superman
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