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Why be concerned with gossip? Because it is much easier, as well as far more enjoyable, to identify and label the mistakes of others than to recognize our own.


“Oh, gentlemen, do you know, perhaps I consider myself an intelligent man, only because all my life I have been able neither to begin nor to finish anything. Granted I am a babbler, a harmless vexatious babbler, like all of us. But what is to be done if the direct and sole vocation of every intelligent man is babble, that is, the intentional pouring of water through a sieve?”
― Notes from the Underground
― Notes from the Underground

“I’ve discovered that there are two ways of losing your belief: some people lose God when they find themselves; some people lose God when they lose themselves.”
― The Discomfort of Evening
― The Discomfort of Evening

“Being attacked is a sign that you are important enough to be a target. You should relish the attention and the chance to prove yourself.”
― The 33 Strategies Of War
― The 33 Strategies Of War

“La comunicación digital es una comunicación extensiva. En lugar de crear relaciones se limita a establecer conexiones.”
― La desaparición de los rituales: Una topología del presente
― La desaparición de los rituales: Una topología del presente

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