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"The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody," she said, "would be to not be used for anything by anybody."
Kurt Vonnegut • The Sirens of Titan: A Novel
This is all better said by Kierkegaard, in a parable: “THE DOG KENNEL BY THE PALACE” To what shall we compare the relation between the thinker’s system and his actual existence? A thinker erects an immense building, a system, a system which embraces the whole of existence and world-history etc.—and if we contemplate his personal life, we discover t
... See moreZadie Smith • Intimations: Six Essays
"Voluntary dependence is the best state, and how should that be possible without love?"
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Maxims and Reflections
« Mariez-vous, mon ami, vous ne savez pas ce que c’est que de vivre seul, à mon âge. La solitude, aujourd’hui, m’emplit d’une angoisse horrible ; la solitude dans le logis, auprès du feu, le soir. Il me semble alors que je suis seul sur la terre, affreusement seul, mais entouré de dangers vagues, de choses inconnues et terribles ; et la cloison, qu
... See moreGuy de Maupassant • Bel-Ami (French Edition)
he hath ever but slenderly known himself. – King Lear, Act I, Scene i
Joseph Burgo PhD • Why Do I Do That?: Psychological Defense Mechanisms and the Hidden Ways They Shape Our Lives
Oh, but being alone isn’t what makes you feel lonely. Loneliness is having other people and society and community around you, and having a deep sense of being excluded from them. To feel lonely, we need other people. That is to say, it is only in social contexts that a person becomes an “individual.”
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
PHILOSOPHER: By contrast, from the standpoint of Adlerian psychology, the basis of interpersonal relations is founded not on trust but on confidence.
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Socrates expounded upon this concept when he offered that “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Anthony Raymond • Ikigai & Kaizen: The Japanese Strategy to Achieve Personal Happiness and Professional Success (How to set goals, stop procrastinating, be more productive, build good habits, focus, & thrive)
Et il cite volontiers cette phrase des Essais : « La plus grande chose du monde, c’est de savoir être à soi. »