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“Stop trying to imitate what the sages have done. That's past, and though it might have been appropriate at the time, that time is over. The present is alive. Don't use what's dead as a guide to what's alive.”
― Waterway: a new translation of the Tao Te Ching and introducing the Wu Wei Ching
― Waterway: a new translation of the Tao Te Ching and introducing the Wu Wei Ching
“If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can’t need social approval to go forward.”
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“We don't have a plan, we just do our best to get through the day, because there'll be another one coming along tomorrow.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
“The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice. —REBEC OF GINAZ”
― House Harkonnen
― House Harkonnen
“But when a given group is used to having all of the political power, and virtually unlimited privilege to define and name the world, any
power sharing, any obligation to hear the opinions of formerly ‘subject races’ -
who would have once been called uppity niggers and lynched accordingly - can
feel like oppression.”
― Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
power sharing, any obligation to hear the opinions of formerly ‘subject races’ -
who would have once been called uppity niggers and lynched accordingly - can
feel like oppression.”
― Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
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