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“There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.”
― The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on the Art of Living
― The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on the Art of Living
“One newcomer, asked why he had killed his wife and children, told the superintendent: “I don’t know why I am telling you all of this. It’s none of your business As a matter of fact it was none of the judge’s business either. It was a purely family affair.”
― The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
― The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
“I almost never danced, as much as I wanted to. I was crippled by some childhood fear of my own body.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.”
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“And that’s what is so insidious about talk. Anyone can talk about himself or herself. Even a child knows how to gossip and chatter. Most people are decent at hype and sales. So what is scarce and rare? Silence. The ability to deliberately keep yourself out of the conversation and subsist without its validation. Silence is the respite of the confident and the strong.”
― Ego Is the Enemy
― Ego Is the Enemy
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