“Pessimism is a sign of decay, optimism is a sign of superficiality; "tragic optimism" is the mood of the strong man who seeks intensity and extent of experience, even at the cost of woe, and is delighted to find that strife is the law of life.”
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“The only person who can transform your life is the one you see every day in the mirror. Be you the one who shapes your own destiny.”
― Timeless Stories of El Salvador: The Beginning
― Timeless Stories of El Salvador: The Beginning
“The thing about justifications is that they’re required when there’s not enough truth in what we’re doing to justify it without justifying it.”
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“How can I be made so broken?”
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“The meaning of life can best be simplified as gratifying a personalized set of instincts.”
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