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“anything is permissible against those who harm you for no reason.”
― The Ultimate Guide To Lying: How to lie, spot liars, lie in official documents, get hidden information, train accomplices, use agents and more
― The Ultimate Guide To Lying: How to lie, spot liars, lie in official documents, get hidden information, train accomplices, use agents and more
“Vincent van Gogh committed suicide when he was only thirty-three. It was impossible to live; he could not earn a single cent. His brother used to give him money, but just enough to exist, to survive. He needed money to paint—for the canvas and the colors and the brushes. So this was his arrangement: He used to get money every Sunday for one week, so every week for three days he would eat and for four days he would fast, so that money could be saved to purchase canvases, colors, and other things that he needed. To me, van Gogh’s fasting is far more significant than all the fasts that have been done by your so-called saints. This fasting has something beautiful in it, something spiritual in it. When your so-called saints go on a fast, it is a means; they are fasting so that they can reach heaven and enjoy all the heavenly joys. But van Gogh’s fasting has a totally different quality to it: It is his love to create. And”
― Living on Your Own Terms: What Is Real Rebellion?
― Living on Your Own Terms: What Is Real Rebellion?
“Our best evidence of what people truly feel and believe comes less from their words than from their deeds. Observers trying to decide what a man is like look closely at his actions.”
― Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
― Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
“If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem.”
― The Road Less Travelled: The Classic Work on Relationships, Spiritual Growth and Life's Meaning
― The Road Less Travelled: The Classic Work on Relationships, Spiritual Growth and Life's Meaning
“When a person falls in love what he or she certainly feels is ‘I love him’ or ‘I love her.’ But two problems are immediately apparent. The first is that the experience of falling in love is specifically a sex-linked erotic experience. We do not fall in love with our children even though we may love them very deeply. We do not fall in love with our friends of the same sex – unless we are homosexually oriented – even though we may care for them greatly. We fall in love only when we are consciously or unconsciously sexually motivated. The second problem is that the experience of falling in love is invariably temporary. No matter whom we fall in love with, we sooner or later fall out of love if the relationship continues long enough. This is not to say that we invariably cease loving the person with whom we fell in love. But it is to say that the feeling of ecstatic lovingness that characterizes the experience of falling in love always passes. The honeymoon always ends. The bloom of romance always fades. To”
― The Road Less Travelled: The Classic Work on Relationships, Spiritual Growth and Life's Meaning
― The Road Less Travelled: The Classic Work on Relationships, Spiritual Growth and Life's Meaning
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