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But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, not in the laws of physics, so before our Universe awoke, there was no beauty.


“Treat yourself like you would someone you're responsible for helping.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“Dostoevski said once, “There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning

“We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals.”
― The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
― The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you start to think, Man this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The hurt part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand any more is up to the runner himself. This pretty much sums up the most important aspect of marathon running.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

“A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself as well as for others.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
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