51. We are born unique, but frequently die as copies.
52. Leaders offer stories, and stories demand illusions.
53. Without responsibility comes an agony, a deep-dark melancholy that fills the soul. The soul that yearns for purpose, for meaning, for truth. It suffers, if not drowns, in the dark and vast sea of nihilism.
54. Vulnerability shines a light on the soul. Exposing all your parts, good and bad. When you hide these parts you are ashamed of you live in utter darkness, and hide from yourself. You become a stranger to yourself and ashamed of yourself. Therefore you create a monstrous shadow that seethes with rage and resentment. This shadow acts out not only against others, but against you.
55. What you fear will consume you.
56. Our intelligence as a species has greatly surpassed our wisdom, a dangerous imbalance.
57. Suffering awakens that part of us that is capable of rising up against it.
58. Hope is the great deterrent of depression. One needs something to look forward to during those dark and lonely nights.
59. Truth is a friend to those who have done what is right. Truth is an enemy to the wicked.
60. Encouragement is the sweet nectar that we so desperately crave, but in which many are sadly deprived of.
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Maxims, Aphorisms and Epigrams
Non-FictionMaxims, aphorisms and epigrams about life and all of its intricacies, mysteries and absurdity. These ideas I have formulated by living life and ruminating on it during my moments of solitude, isolation, and loneliness. I wanted to share these with y...
