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I undertook to conquer myself rather than fortune, and to alter my desires rather than change the order of the world, and to accustom myself to believe that nothing is entirely in our power except our own thoughts … Here, I think, is the
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“All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life. And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror, than though seated before your evening fire with a poker, and not a harpoon, by your side. Melville, Moby-Dick (1851)”
― The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual
― The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual
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Zachary’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Zachary’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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