

“Life can be just a series of barriers. We may not be able to control external circumstances, but we can control our response to them. When we cultivate patience, resilience, and common sense, we can find a path to inner peace and enjoy moments of transcendence. ("Homeless, down in the corner")”
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“If we are placed under the focus of collective scrutiny, our experience of mortality makes life fragile and intensifies the existential burden. It is not essential to avoid death or lament its inescapability but to embrace the absurdity and keep living fully, searchingly, or joyfully despite its incongruity. ("Living on probation")”
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“Power and glory make the world go round since they are essential drives shaping ambition and social motivation. Time and again, power, as a model of control or authority, sets the stage for glory and credit that results from success or achievement. ("The Power and the Glory")”
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“By mentally retracing our steps or ruminating on lost opportunities, we may try to rewrite the past to heighten our idealized self-image, but we might succumb to useless suffering from pride and vanity. ("Esprit d’escalier" - " Staircase Wit")”
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