“Better mad with the crowd than sane all alone”
‘In these witty, Machiavellian aphorisms, unlikely Spanish priest Baltasar Gracián shows us how to exploit friends and enemies alike to thrive in a world of deception and illusion’
Elan Musk’s favorite philosopher,a Jesuit priest of the 17 th century
"One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid to the known coming to an end.” (Fearless Soul)
Khrishnamurti
Quite the Machiavellian, no.
On, jealousy…
The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious.
—Baltasar Gracian
It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.
—Baltasar Gracian
inspiration.rightattitudes.com/ … r-gracian/
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” - Mark Twain
“If you’re going to be a good liar, you gotta have a good memory.” - me
“buuuurp [contradicts self]” - drunkard
leaves - me
“You’re just jealous.” - lying drunk
“Play nice or I’m going to put you in a cosmic get-along shirt where lying and jealousy don’t work very well together.” - God
Removed for lack of content and being overly triteful
Deleted drama.
“If everyone feels good, why you gotta lie?”
Seymour Butts, Beyond Bullsh**
“We are all living in the golden eternity”
Jack Kerouac
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“Do not assume that he who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, he would never have been able to find these words.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke
I love Rilke
Thank you. This:
Go The Limits Of Your Longing
By Rainer Maria Rilke
God speaks to each of us as he makes us,
Then walks with us silently out of the night.
These are the words we dimly hear.
You, send out beyond your recall.
Go the limits of your longing.
Embody me.
Flare up like a flame
And make big shadows I can move in.
Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror.
Just keep going. No feeling is final.
Don’t let yourself lose me.
Nearby is the country they call life.
You will know it by its seriousness.
Give me your hand.
…reminds me of a C.S. Lewis quote:
“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
That is really beautiful. Made me cry. Rilke really speaks to me.
Thank you for that.
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[b]I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.”
Brene Brown[/b]
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“Practicing gratitude is how we acknowledge that there’s enough and that we’re enough.”
—Brené Brown
souhaitant à tous un Noël béni et une nouvelle année mémorable de meno à ilp
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