Minsuk Kang 강민석
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Minsuk Kang 강민석
“Give up trying to create something sophisticated,” I told myself. “Why not forget all those prescriptive ideas about ‘the novel’ and ‘literature’ and set down your feelings and thoughts as they come to you, freely, in a way that you like?”
‘I want to open a window in their souls’: Haruki Murakami on the power of writing simply
Among the oldest and still most fundamental questions are: what is justice? What are the goals of a decent society? How should a citizen be educated? Why should I obey the law, and what are the limits, if any, to my obligation? What constitutes the ground of human dignity? Is it freedom? Is it virtue? Is it love, is it friendship?
Dan Holenstein • Notesnook
“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”
Homage to Catalonia
So much genius and money has gone into a metaphor that assumes the zenith of humans desire to be status and likes and influence and conven- ience and efficiency. Humans want all those things. But we also want to be inspired. To be delighted. To express our deepest desires. To seek truth. To be moved. To create. To be challenged.
I wish I could say you get used to people dying. I never did. I don't want to. It tears a hole through me whenever somebody I love dies, no matter the circumstances. But I don't want it to "not matter". I don't want it to be something that just passes. My scars are a testament to the love and the relationship that I had for and with that person.... See more
r/Assistance - Reddit
This has been done by so many successful people for thousands of years it’s a crime we don’t accept this alternative. People such as Charlie Munger the billionaire investor, Hilma af Klint the mystic and artist, Leonardo Da Vinci the polymath and Patti Smith the poet and artist are all fitting examples. There’s no reason why more Multi-Passionate... See more