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material solutions can't fix spiritual problems
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
– Voltaire
It’s easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into a new way of acting.
“The older I grow and the more I abandon myself to God's will, the less
I value intelligence that wants to know and will that wants to do; and
as the only element of salvation I recognize faith, which can wait patiently, without asking too many questions.”
― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
Every adult senses that their attention is slipping, that their thinking is flattening, that their world is flooded with noise, no neutrality, and that no institution really exists to protect them. Your brain is for sale, my guy - as your attention goes, so does your cognition, so does your sense of depth and certainty.
Confidence, optimism, and... See more
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