“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“the deepest subjective experiences are also the most universal, because through them one reaches the universal source of life.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.”
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“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”
― Walden and Other Writings
― Walden and Other Writings
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