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“Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“There’s nothing worse than when someone takes a community education course and becomes an expert on how yoga is the best way to burn the visceral fat that’s housed deep in your abdomen.”
― Dan John, Never Let Go: A Philosophy of Lifting, Living and Learning

“The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Things may look different to you than they did before. I've had that experience myself. But don't let appearances fool you. There's only one reality.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 Book 1