Since I will change no one else, I will change myself.
Since no one else will take me seriously, I will take myself seriously.
I will be different from now on.
God, give me the strength to be resolute.
From Brian Kim’s “How to Resist the Urge to Conform“:
Others around you feel uneasy when you choose not to conform simply because their egos have been so invested in the group that your actions may very well make them feel offended and defensive about the choices they have made thus far. It’s naturally in their [...]
From The Shawshank Redemption:
Andy:
My wife used to say I’m a hard man to know.
Like a closed book.
Complained about it all the time.
She’s beautiful.
God, I loved her.
I just didn’t know how to show it, that’s all.
I killed her, Red.
I didn’t pull the trigger.
But I drove her away.
And that’s why she died; because of me, the way [...]
[56] They are those with whom thou didst make a covenant, but they break their covenant every time, and they have not the fear (of Allah).
[61] But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace, and trust in Allah. for He is One that heareth and knoweth (all things).
[62] Should they [...]
Logic is the art of structuring tautologies. In proving hypotheses, we trust our intuition, but we are trained to look out for contradictions, so that, for example, our universal statements do not run into any counter-example that will bring our argument down. Our intuition is not completely reliable, so this is not always a smooth [...]
Every night, I go through my principles again. I redeclare them. I see if I am on the right track. I look out for self-contradictions. I read them out to myself softly. I recall them, and how I mention them each time I raise my palms in supplication. I renew my determination to constantly act [...]
(This is a rant.)
I have too much to say, and I do not know where to begin. Actually, I do not know where best to begin so as to give you the clearest picture of my current mental state. But who cares about clarity, really? Blackened hearts and minds will never accept the plainest, self-evident [...]
Weaknesses
The cynic is constantly paranoid about his surroundings. He lives in fear of the undesirable, and the potentially undesirable. Sometimes, he is driven to inaction, paralysed by his own fears.
He is in perpetual self-deprecation. He does not expect of others what he mercilessly exacts of himself. Where he falters, he never forgives himself. He is [...]
[1] Woe to those that deal in fraud―
[2] Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure.
[3] But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.
[4] Do they not think that they will be called to account?―
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1) The choice is yours.
2) Resistance is futile.
Related: In rejection of lewdness
