A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. Moral Essays
“Every bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better. Sometimes such deaths virtually destroy us.” 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos
I write only for my shadow which is cast on the wall in front of the light. I must introduce myself to it. The Blind Owl
To ordain the future in advance in this way, man must first have learned to distinguish necessary events from chance ones, to think causally, to see and anticipate distant eventualities as if they belonged to the present, to decide with certainty what is the goal and what the means to it, and in general be able to calculate and compute. Genealogy of Morals
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