To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
“You can be in paradise only when you do not know what it is like to be in paradise. As soon as you know, paradise is gone. No effort of thought can take you back, for thought – the conscious awareness of yourself as a mortal being – is the Fall. In the Garden of Eden, the primordial human pair are clothed in ignorance of themselves. When they come to self-awareness, they find they are naked. Thinking of yourself is the gift of the serpent that cannot be returned.”
― Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
― Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
“Ấy không, Nishioka lơ đễnh lắc đầu. Kì vọng quá lớn vào đối phương là điều không thể tránh khỏi, nhất là khi mình đối với họ toàn tâm toàn ý. Cũng giống như việc trên đời có mấy ai chẳng thiết tha trông đợi bất kì lời hồi đáp nào từ người thương của họ?”
― The Great Passage
― The Great Passage
“Ta sợ sau khi đạt được ước mơ rồi thì không còn gì thúc đẩy mình tiếp tục sống nữa. Song sợ bị thất vọng não nề, nên ta chọn cách chỉ mơ thôi.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Some people are polite, and some are quick. Each one’s a good quality to have, but most of the time quickness trumps politeness.”
― Men Without Women
― Men Without Women
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