“In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.”
— Simone Weil, Seventy Letters
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“In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.”
— Simone Weil, Seventy Letters
Epictetus, (341 BCE - 270 BCE) Stoic Philosopher (via panatmansam)
Kaladin Stormblessed, ‘Words of Radiance’ by Brandon Sanderson. (via we-are-knight)
Ray Bradbury. (via panatmansam)
less “chosen one” heroes, more heroes that chose THEMSELVES. give me heroes that see a problem, look around, and think, “WELP, clearly no one ELSE is gonna fix it, so APPARENTLY it has to be me” and goes to their friends and is like “Y’ALL, GET YOUR SHIT, WE’RE GOING ON A QUEST”
“what wait why”
“the world is broken and the people in charge aren’t doing anything, so we’re gonna do something for them”
“didn’t the prophecy say a wise and noble mage would choose someone to conquer the evil?”
“yeah well, i can do magic, and i’m pretty fucking wise and noble, right?”
“…..”
“……………….RIGHT?!”
*hasty statements of agreement*
“exactly. so, i’ve come to the conclusion that i’m the mage of the prophecy. and guess what. i choose myself. now let’s go.”
Carl Gustav Jung (1875 - 1961) Swiss Pioneer of Psychology (via panatmansam)
David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature (via philosophybits)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections (via philosophybits)
Seth Godin (via panatmansam)
Seth Godin (via panatmansam)
Amazingly accurate tweet.
Hi Sam, most of the time is hard to distinguish between will, courage and stubborness. Any thoughts on how to keep a clean will without falling into stunnorness/obstinacy?
Courage is doing the right thing even though you are afraid, Stubbornness is holding to an idea or opinion which has good arguments in opposition to it. Will is the active voice in our head. The voice that commands the body.
How do you politely turn down unsolicited advice?
There’s no need to. Just don’t take it. You can say “I’ll give it some thought” or if you want to get all lawyerish you can say “I’ll take it under advisement”.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley (via panatmansam)