“Mankind is a rope fastened between animal and overman – a rope over an abyss.
A dangerous crossing, a dangerous on-the-way, a dangerous looking back, a dangerous shuddering and standing still.
What is great about human beings is that they are a bridge and not a purpose: what is lovable about human beings is that they are a crossing
over and a
"Right when Kasuga-kun and I started dating, he told me about a book with sparkling eyes. He told about things I've never heard before. Tales from a book no one knows about. I didn't quite understand it, but it was quite exciting. He was talking about this book with great enthusiasm. 'I'm different from other people. I like the things I like, because it's something different from what other people like' is what he told me. That was the first time I've heard someone say such a thing. Then I thought of how envious I was of him. I have tried to think of life that way. I have always done what was expected of me my whole life. Ever since I was a small child the things I loved was my father... my mother... my teacher... my relatives... I loved them simply because I wanted them to love me... but that goes without saying. It's something we all want. So I had piano lessons four times a week, I took enrichment lessons, I became the class president, always a straight-A student, always doing my best... but... but I was forcing myself for the sake of other people..."
Vol 5, Chapter 25Kitabı okudu
All big things come from small beginnings.The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision.But as that decision is repeated, a habit sprouts and grows stronger.
Love makes me naked;
Propinquity’s a harsh master;
O the songs we hide singing to ourselves!—
Are these matters only a saint mentions?
Am I reduced to the indignity of examples?
I’m still smudgy from sleep:
Flash me to mercy and a whole heart!
Here’s the last kiss of my luck:
Dearie, delight me now.
The bird in the small bush
Bewilders himself:
All things are vulnerable, still;
The soul has its own shine and shape;
And the vine climbs;
And the great leaves cancel their stems;
And sinuosity
Saves.
Always the small things ♡
Inej placed her hands on Nina’s shoulders. “We’ll see each other again.”
“Of course we will. You’ve saved my life. I’ve saved yours.”
“I think you’re ahead on that count.”
“No, I don’t mean in the big ways.” Nina’s eyes took them all in. “I mean the little rescues. Laughing at my jokes. Forgiving me when I was foolish. Never trying to make me feel small. It doesn’t matter if it’s next month, or next year, or ten years from now, those will be the things I remember when I see you again.”
The latter: for what place can be for us
Within heaven’s bound, unless heaven’s lord supreme
We overpower? Suppose he should relent
And publish grace to all, on promise made
Of new subjection; with what eyes could we
Stand in his presence humble, and receive
Strict laws imposed, to celebrate his throne
With warbled hymns, and to his godhead
Sayfa 52Kitabı okudu
For those who would study my martil art, there are rules for putting it into practice:
1. Think without dishonesty.
2. Forge yourself in the Way.
3. Touch upon all of the arts.
4. Know the ways of all occupations.
5. Know the advantages and disadvantages of everything.
6. Develop a discerning eye in all matters.
7. Understand what cannotbe seen by the eye.
8. Pay attention to even small things.
9. Do not involve yourself with the impractical.
Book 1 - EarthKitabı okudu
How can we be more antifragile?
Step 1: Create redundancies Instead of having a single salary, try to find a way to make money from your hobbies, at other jobs, or by starting your own business. If you have only one salary, you might be left with nothing should your employer run into trouble, leaving you in a position of fragility. On the other hand, if you have several options
Maybe if I acknowledge all the good things, no matter how small, they'll add up to make the bad thing in my life less painful
Sayfa 203Kitabı okudu
The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it’s the small things that count.
E-kitapKitabı okudu
"That is good image," he said. "Well, I shall tell you. My thesis is this: I want you to believe."
"To believe what?"
"To believe in things that you cannot. Let me illustrate. I heard once of an American who so defined faith: 'that faculty which enables us to believe things which we know to be untrue.'
For one, I follow that man. He meant that we shall have an open mind, and not let a little bit of truth check the rush of a big truth, like a small rock does a railway truck. We get the small truth first. Good! We keep him, and we value him; but all the same we must not let him think himself all the truth in the universe."
Sayfa 240 - Dr. Abraham Van Helsing
I had to (and still do, regularly) go through a period of sitting in toxic bullshit, abandoning old versions of myself, shedding skins and experiencing this uncomfortable transition to be the person I am today –feeling confident enough in myself and my voice to write this book, speak my mind and vocalize my experiences. Growth can feel isolating. Everything you thought you knew about yourself and the world shifts right before your eyes. You’ll start to notice unhealthy and toxic qualities in your friends, as well as yourself. You’ll stop enjoying your once- favourite movies when you realize they portray women as nothing more than a feast for male eyes and desires. The lyrics to your favourite Rolling Stones song start to ring a little problematic, and you’ll be disgusted to discover that sexism, racism, ableism and transphobia exist in almost every environment, including the depths of your own subconscious mind. A shift in perspective has the power to flip the world as you know it upside down. But wouldn’t you rather see the world clearly, than walk through life oblivious to all that you are complicit in and enabling? Don’t be a passenger in your own life. Having your world turned upside down and experiencing temporary discomfort is minor in comparison to the suffering you would have endured and inflicted onto others over the course of your life if you left these things unchecked. Temporary discomfort is an investment in your future self. Accept a small and uncomfortable transition now, for a lifetime of growth and self-development. Feminism and self-discovery will uproot your entire life, but it’s going to be worth it. I promise.
Happy are those who lose imagination:
They have enough to carry with ammunition
Their spirit drags no pack.
Their old wounds save with cold can not more ache.
Having seen all things red,
Their eyes are rid
Of the hurt of the colour of blood for ever.
And terror's first constriction over,
Their hearts remain small drawn.
Sayfa 60 - Vakıfbank Kültür YayınlarıKitabı okudu
georgiou felt the secret gate in his heart spring open; the gate that allows someone to love another human being completely; and through that devotion, to know a love for all things, great and small, under the sun.
Sayfa 137 - HarperCollins e-books, 2007Kitabı okudu
He prayeth best, who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us
He made and loveth all.
En iyi dua eden sevendir en yürekten
Büyük, küçük, tümünü canlıların
Çünkü bizi de seven sevgili Tanrı
Yaratmıştır ve sever hepsini onların.
İletişim YayınlarıKitabı okudu
