"Long Obedience in the same direction."
“I will say it again: what seems to be essential ‘in heaven and on earth’ is that there be obedience in one direction for a long time.
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“Reputation is what men and women think of us;
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“The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur.
"A Single Glimpse"
“My feeling is that if it were never to happen again, the power of the experience could permanently affect the attitude toward life.
Existential Abyss
The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
"old age"
old age is not a battle.