Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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If society is corrupt, but not the individuals within it, then where did the corruption originate? How is it propagated? It’s a one-sided, deeply ideological theory.
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Always place your becoming above your current being.
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Consult your resentment. It’s a revelatory emotion, for all its pathology.
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The better ambitions have to do with the development of character and ability, rather than status and power. The status you can lose. You carry character with you wherever you go, and it allows you to prevail against adversity.
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Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities.
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There are so many ways that things can fall apart, or fail to work altogether, and it is always wounded people who are holding it together.
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It is far better to render beings in your care competent than to protect them.
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I’m not hurt. I’m appalled.
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We may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.
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Alongside our wish to be free of rules, we all search for structure.
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There’s a worthy and noble ambition: strength in the face of adversity. That is very different from the wish for a life free of trouble.
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In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise. Tell the truth. Or, at least, don’t lie.
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It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
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That the soul of the individual eternally hungers for the heroism of genuine being.
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