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It’s impossible to measure love, but that doesn’t stop us coming up with new ways to try. One of the simplest is space: How much space am I prepared to give the person that you are so that you can become the person you want to become?
“The past is nothing but a shackle we need to get rid of. Such an excruciating burden. If only I could have no past - you know, if only I could be a nobody, start from point zero and just remain there forever. As light as a feather...”
― The Bastard of Istanbul
― The Bastard of Istanbul
“Strictness to oneself joined with tenderness towards others, forms a truly excellent character. But for the most part, the man who is mild towards others, will be so towards himself, and he who is severe towards himself will be the same towards others; a character which is tender towards itself and severe towards others, is of all the most contemptible.”
― On the Aesthetic Education of Man
― On the Aesthetic Education of Man
“So Britt-Marie stays in there and dries her hair and brings them luck and has a life crisis. It’s possible to do all of these things at the same time.”
― Britt-Marie Was Here
― Britt-Marie Was Here
“Moral: to the extent you can choose, work on problems you think will be important.”
― The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
― The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
“If given a choice between a potentially great hardship and doing nothing, people gravitated toward what was most familiar and comfortable. That was why leadership was needed. To do what was necessary rather than what was easy.”
― Age of Myth
― Age of Myth
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