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“There cannot be change without loss”
― The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
― The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
“For all species other than us humans, things just are what they are. Our problem is that we’re always trying to figure out what things mean—why things are the way they are. As though the why matters. Emerson put it best: “We cannot spend the day in explanation.” Don’t waste time on false constructs.”
― The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
― The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
“The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.”
― The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
― The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
“a man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself, until he has released the anxious grasp which he normally holds upon his life, his property, his reputation and position.”
― Become What You Are
― Become What You Are
“It's not that gays and diversity equal high technology. But if your culture is not such that it can accept difference, and uniqueness and oddity and eccentricity, you will not get high tech industry.”
― The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
― The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
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