“As humans, it is likely we shall periodically deviate from virtue as temptation continually lurks in the shadows and taunts us to succumb. Most digressions are minor and do not disrupt our lives unless we decide to live two of them.”

— Gandolfo – (RJ Intindola)

1988

Last update Dec. 19, 2024. History

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Se não formos capazes de viver inteiramente como pessoas, ao menos façamos tudo para não viver inteiramente como animais.
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“I think the history of humanity is the history of our co-evolution with devices and artifacts that make our lives easier. And I think it's now a question from moral philosophy — not for science — to decide how we use them and what it would mean to be enslaved by them, whether we do so willingly or reluctantly and genuinely.”

David Krakauer (1967) scientist

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“So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works

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“We are living in the most destructive and, hence, the most stupid period of the history of our species.”

Wendell Berry (1934) author

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“Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth.”

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“Most of us live our lives by accident—we live as it happens. Fullfillment comes when we live our lives on purpose.”

Simon Sinek (1973) British/American author and motivational speaker

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“Let us learn from the lips of death the lessons of life. Let us live truly while we live, live for what is true and good and lasting. And let the memory of our dead help us to do this. For they are not wholly separated from us, if we remain loyal to them. In spirit they are with us. And we may think of them as silent, invisible, but real presences in our households.”

Felix Adler (1851–1933) German American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, and lecturer

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“It’s what we chase but never find. It is the mystery of our lives, the understanding that even when we have everything we want it is one day to leave us. It’s the something unseen, the lurking devastation, the darkness that gives our lives dimension.”

Marisha Pessl (1977) American writer

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“Let us never forget that if we wish to die like the Saints we must live like them. Let us force ourselves to imitate their virtues, in particular humility and charity.”

Théodore Guérin (1798–1856) Catholic saint and nun from France

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“Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.”

Steven Pressfield book The War of Art

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