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Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs. Self-respect is something that our grandparents, whether or not they had it, knew all about. They had instilled in them, young, a certain discipline, the sense that one lives by doing things one does not particularly want to do,... See more
october reading recap 📚
It’s rare that you meet a person who’s truly dedicated. When you do, you’ll find that he or she almost always has a delightful energy and is usually successful. Dedication is the warrior’s prayer unto him- or herself. It’s a mode of fierce concentration, in which you become so attached and devoted to your cause that eventually life has to give you
... See moreStuart Wilde • The Secrets of Life: Revised & Updated
You begin to understand that the fear of being misunderstood is the real prison —not the misunderstanding itself. The misunderstanding is just weather. But the fear is the cage you've been building around yourself, bar by bar, explanation by explanation
The quiet thrill of not being for everyone
Stop framing your life around answers or goals. And start framing it around questions.
what you owe is to yourself: a steady nervous system, a baseline of peace, the ability to trust that if something feels off, you don’t have to stick around long enough to find out just how off it really is
lina • the “let them” theory
If you are not asking questions and trying to answer them on your own, you’re not thinking. And if you’re using other people’s words to answer the questions you are asking, you are living by other people’s words , and therefore, you are still not thinking.
How to think
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you don’t have to convince anyone of your value.
lina • the “let them” theory
Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth. Real devotion is rooted in an awed and reverent gratitude, but one that is lucid, grounded, and intelligent.
Sogyal Rinpoche • The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: Revised and Updated Edition
The word ‘amateur’ comes from amare , ‘to love’,