“Did you really want to die?"
"No one commits suicide because they want to die."
"Then why do they do it?"
"Because they want to stop the pain.”
― How to Kill a Rock Star
"No one commits suicide because they want to die."
"Then why do they do it?"
"Because they want to stop the pain.”
― How to Kill a Rock Star
“You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No.”
― All Rivers Flow to the Sea
― All Rivers Flow to the Sea
“If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their music in them. —OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, THE VOICELESS”
― Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
― Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
Baiba’s 2025 Year in Books
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