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Remus
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Meditations
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It is, in other words, not objects and events but the interpretations we place on them that are the problem. Our duty is therefore to exercise stringent control over the faculty of perception, with the aim of protecting our mind from error.
The only thing we control, our perspective, our impressions, a focus on that can only lead to a more desirable life.
“Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.”
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“The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.”
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
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“Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.”
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Remus’s 2025 Year in Books
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