Leo Guinan
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Leo Guinan
“Wotan, the All-Father, understood that violence without wisdom leads to destruction, while wisdom without violence remains impotent. To gain true knowledge, he sacrificed himself to himself, hanging from the World Tree, Yggdrasil, for nine days and nights, wounded by his own spear. Only through this voluntary suffering, this self-inflicted wound,
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This was a table of 8 people: 5 people who had known each other for over 20 years. Then there were 2 of us who had known one of them for a few years. And there was a new friend we’d had for a day.
And our newest friend made an observation that perfectly expressed what I was feeling in that moment, amidst a group of incredibly tight friends who had k... See more
And our newest friend made an observation that perfectly expressed what I was feeling in that moment, amidst a group of incredibly tight friends who had k... See more
Engineering Friendship
Belonging
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another: ‘What? You too? I thought I was the only one.’”—C. S. Lewis
Friendships provide a safe place to be vulnerable, uncomfortable, ask “stupid questions,” and genuinely contribute to each other’s development, empathy, and understanding.
Kat Vellos • We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships
Friendship is a bulwark against stasis, a potential source of creativity and renewal.Practically everyone who studies friendship says this in some form or another: What makes friendship so fragile is also exactly what makes it so special. You have to continually opt in. That you choose it is what gives it its value.