There are whole books on psychology that don't get anywhere near this paragraph from Dostoevsky https://t.co/DJdCuwjOnX
There are whole books on psychology that don't get anywhere near this paragraph from Dostoevsky https://t.co/DJdCuwjOnX
You cannot hide anything from yourself. Your own failures are written within your psyche, and they are obvious to you. If you have too many of these moral shortcomings, you will not respect yourself. The worst outcome in this world is not having self-esteem. If you don’t love yourself, who will?
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
He’s one of those who don’t need millions, but need to resolve their thought.”
Larissa Volokhonsky • The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
People lie so that others will form beliefs that are not true. The more consequential the beliefs—that is, the more a person’s well-being demands a correct understanding of the world or of other people’s opinions—the more consequential the lie.
Annaka Harris • Lying
He was well aware of his own considerable abilities, and nervously exaggerated them in his self-conceit.
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.”
to escape the lot of those who have lived their whole life without finding their true selves in themselves.