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“Purity of heart is to will one thing.”

— Søren Kierkegaard, Edifying Discourses in Diverse Spirits

“You too must be of good hope as regards death… and keep this one truth in mind, that a good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods.”

— Socrates, in Plato’s Apology

It’s really hard to explain why you like certain people, and dislike others. Sometimes, it’s only a matter of seeing yourself in someone, without any ethics involved.

In a society that tries to dictate what you do and say, one that reduces you to groups, one that tries to control your sense of morality through social customs, it’s hard to muster up the courage to truly be yourself... if ever you even managed to learn your ‘self’.

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Girl, Interrupted (1999)

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To be happy we need something to solve.

Happiness is therefore a form of action

Mark Manson

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To be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, in the right way – that is not easy.

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (via philosophybits)

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From now on, I only wanted things that could be touched, tasted, the scent of new houses, the buzz of wires before rain. A river flowing in moonlight, trees growing out of concrete,

Janet Fitch, from “White Oleander,” originally published c. July 1999 (via violentwavesofemotion)