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“The smog was heavy, my eyes were weeping from it, the sun was hot, the air stank, a regular hell is L.A.”
― The Dharma Bums
― The Dharma Bums
“Still, it was better to swear an oath and never follow through than not even to bother with the oath. Wasn't it?”
― Best Served Cold
― Best Served Cold
“(As Nietzsche said: “It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth.”)”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”
― John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir
― John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir
“He
was taught by the river. Incessantly, he learned from it. Most of all,
he learned from it to listen, to pay close attention with a quiet heart,
with a waiting, opened soul, without passion, without a wish, without
judgement, without an opinion.”
― Siddhartha
was taught by the river. Incessantly, he learned from it. Most of all,
he learned from it to listen, to pay close attention with a quiet heart,
with a waiting, opened soul, without passion, without a wish, without
judgement, without an opinion.”
― Siddhartha
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