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“The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life,” Joan Didion observed, “is the source from which self-respect springs.”
― Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
― Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
“A field is empty, but if you put in the effort to grow something then you will have a garden. And that’s life. Give something, something will come back. Give nothing, nothing will come back. To grow a flower is a miracle: it means you can grow more. Remember that a flower is not just a flower, it is the start of a whole garden.”
― The Happiest Man on Earth
― The Happiest Man on Earth
“Man is pushed by drives. But he is pulled by values. Viktor Frankl”
― Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
― Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
“the ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self, the ultimate touchstone is witness, the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another”
― Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
― Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
“If knowledge is power, knowing what we don’t know is wisdom.”
― Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
― Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
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