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John Olsson
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“Pain is a portal to transformation,
It does not knock politely.”
― Medicine Woman: Reclaiming the Soul of Healing
It does not knock politely.”
― Medicine Woman: Reclaiming the Soul of Healing
“Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“I'm in pain all the time,' I said, 'and if I gave into it then I'd do nothing.”
― The Empty Throne
― The Empty Throne
“If you come across any special trait of meanness or stupidity . . . you must be careful not to let it annoy or distress you, but to look upon it merely as an addition to your knowledge—a new fact to be considered in studying the character of humanity. Your attitude towards it will be that of the mineralogist who stumbles upon a very characteristic specimen of a mineral. —Arthur Schopenhauer”
― The Laws of Human Nature
― The Laws of Human Nature
“I want to be better than my pain, but I cannot will my way through it. I have willed my way through so much pain in my life, and now I have come up against pain that is bigger than my will.”
― Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System
― Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System
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