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"Finished Week 1: Origin
“When we avoid our creativity, we avoid ourselves.
When we meet our creativity, we meet ourselves."" — Aug 19, 2025 05:12AM
"Finished Week 1: Origin
“When we avoid our creativity, we avoid ourselves.
When we meet our creativity, we meet ourselves."" — Aug 19, 2025 05:12AM
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"Great chapter on death and hopelessness. I love the closing sentence:
"But if we totally experience hopelessness, giving up all hope of alternatives to the present moment, we can have a joyful relationship with our lives, an honest, direct relationship, one that no longer ignores the reality of impermanence and death."" — Aug 12, 2025 09:44AM
"Great chapter on death and hopelessness. I love the closing sentence:
"But if we totally experience hopelessness, giving up all hope of alternatives to the present moment, we can have a joyful relationship with our lives, an honest, direct relationship, one that no longer ignores the reality of impermanence and death."" — Aug 12, 2025 09:44AM


“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind

“When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods

“Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.”
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