A chessboard is made of cardboard, and chess pieces made of plastic, but cardboard and plastic are not what chess is.
Interesting way of describing something—that it is not just we see or “know” it to be, but when put into action along with a set of rules, the cardboard and plastic becomes something else entirely.
“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“Fortune falls heavily on those for whom she’s unexpected. The one always on the lookout easily endures.” —”
― The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
― The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
“you”
― The book of five rings
― The book of five rings
Political Philosophy and Ethics
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