The knowledge creates the experience and the experience then strengthens the knowledge. What you know can never be ultimate reality.


“You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.”
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“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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“I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.”
― Franny and Zooey
― Franny and Zooey

“The concept of portraying evil and then destroying it - I know this is considered mainstream, but I think it is rotten. This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics is hopeless.”
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“Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.”
― Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
― Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
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