Entries tagged with weakness

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State

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“If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish.”

—Paul Valéry, History and Politics (tr. D. Folliot and J. Mathews)

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Desire

Random quote of the day:

“Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”

—William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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Gentle on my mind

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"I’m trying to find the courage to be tender in my life. I know that violent people are weak people. Only the gentle are ever really strong."

—attributed to James Dean

Yeah, I know there have been a lot of "attributed to's" lately. I haven't had time to do the kind of verification I usually try to do. Such is life.

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