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As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.
As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.
Even if you are the most evil of all sinners, you will cross over all
evil on the raft of read more
Even if you are the most evil of all sinners, you will cross over all
evil on the raft of knowledge. Just as a flaming fire reduces wood to
ashes Argina, so the fire of knowledge reduces all actions to ashes.
Be smart, but never show it.
Be smart, but never show it.
Passion holds up the bottom of the universe and genius paints up its roof.
Passion holds up the bottom of the universe and genius paints up its roof.
You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.
You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
Attitudes are the forerunners of conditions.
Attitudes are the forerunners of conditions.
Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in read more
Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.
Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission:
"While the world perishes we go our way: read more
Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission:
"While the world perishes we go our way: purposeless, passionless,
day after day.".
