“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them.”
― Ender's Game
― Ender's Game
“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?”
― Buddha's Little Instruction Book
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?”
― Buddha's Little Instruction Book
“At last he came to a door, with these words in glowing emeralds:
THE END OF THE WORLD
He did not hesitate. He opened the door and stepped through.”
― Ender’s Game
THE END OF THE WORLD
He did not hesitate. He opened the door and stepped through.”
― Ender’s Game
“For what can be more noble than to slay oneself? Not literally. Not with a blade in the guts. But to extinguish the selfish self within, that part which looks only to its own preservation, to save its own skin. That, I saw, was the victory you Spartans had gained over yourselves. That was the glue. It was what you had learned and it made me stay, to learn it too.”
― Gates of Fire
― Gates of Fire
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