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Y de los hombres?, perguntou John Grady. O velho fez com a boca que ia responder. Finalmente disse que entre os homens não havia tanta comunhão quanto entre os cavalos e a ideia de que os homens podem ser entendidos na certa era uma ilusão.
“Moral systems are interlocking sets of values, virtues, norms, practices, identities, institutions, technologies, and evolved psychological mechanisms that work together to suppress or regulate self-interest and make cooperative societies possible.”
― The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
― The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
“Ela teria de morrer, mais cedo ou mais tarde. Morta. Mais tarde haveria um tempo para essa palavra. Amanhã, e amanhã, e ainda outro amanhã arrastam-se nessa passada trivial do dia para a noite, da noite para o dia, até a última sílaba do registro dos tempos. E todos os nossos ontens não fizeram mais que iluminar para os tolos o caminho que leva ao pó da morte. Apaga-te, apaga-te, chama breve! A vida não passa de uma sombra que caminha, um pobre ator que se pavoneia e se aflige sobre o palco - faz isso por uma hora e, depois, não se escuta mais sua voz. É uma história contada por um idiota, cheia de som e fúria e vazia de significado.”
― Macbeth
― Macbeth
“The most successful endeavors in the digital age were those run by leaders who fostered collaboration while also providing a clear vision. Too often these are seen as conflicting traits: a leader is either very inclusive or a passionate visionary. But the best leaders could be both. Robert”
― The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
― The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
“Companionship was at the top of Epicurus's list of life's pleasures. He wrote, 'Of all the things that wisdom provides to help one live one's entire life in happiness, the greatest by far is the possession of friendship.”
― Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life
― Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life
“When my father-in-law, Jan Vuijst, a Dutch Reformed minister, was on his deathbed, I had a deeply intimate conversation with him - as it turned out, my last conversation with him. He said to me, 'It was a privilege to have lived.' The soulful gratitude of that simple statement will never leave me.”
― Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life
― Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life
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