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WIST Quotations

A quotation from Philip K. Dick

The authentic human being is one of us who instinctively knows what he should not do and, in addition, will balk at doing it. He will refuse to do it, even if this brings down dread consequences to him and those whom he loves. This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people. They say “no” to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance. Their deeds may be small, and almost always unnoticed, unmarked by history. Their names are not remembered, nor did these authentic humans expect their names to be remembered. I see their authenticity in an odd way: not in their willingness to perform great heroic deeds, but in their quiet refusals to commit villainies. In essence, they cannot be compelled to be what they are not.

Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) American writer
Speech (1978) “How To Build A Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later”

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/dick-philip-k/39294/

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WIST Quotations · Speech (1978) "How To Build A Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later" - Dick, Philip K. | WIST QuotationsThe authentic human being is one of us who instinctively knows what he should not do and, in addition, will balk at doing it. He will refuse to do it, even if this brings down dread consequences to him and those whom he loves. This, to me, is the ultimately…
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John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺

Imagine being the mother of children ages 3 and 5 and the cofounder of a tech startup with your husband, then happening across a billing statement for your mobile phones with hundreds of text messages revealing an affair between your husband and the 25-year-old nanny who watches your kids.

That story sticks with me today, from the speaker I introduced last night.

There are all kinds of "human factors" that affect our performance in our work.

She's turned lemons into lemonade, and shows us how we can do our best work by being our best selves.

annagradie.com/reveal-your-con

Anna GradieReveal your confidence monster! - Anna GradieIdentify your confidence-sucking monster and take the first step to conquering these sneaky saboteurs!
#Confidence#SelfActualization
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A quotation from Nietzsche, Friedrich:

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What does your conscience say? You should become who you are.
 
[Was sagt dein Gewissen? — „Du sollst der werden, der du bist.”]
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WIST · The Gay Science [Die fröhliche Wissenschaft], Book 3, § 270 (1882) [tr. Nauckhoff (2001)] - Nietzsche, Friedrich | WIST QuotationsWhat does your conscience say? You should become who you are.   [Was sagt dein Gewissen? — „Du sollst der werden, der du bist."] Also known as La Gaya Scienza, The Joyful Wisdom, or The Joyous Science. (Source (German)). Alternate translations: What Saith thy Conscience? -- "Thou shalt become what…
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A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:

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For the great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was created capable of being; expand, if possible, to his full growth; resisting all impediments, casting off all foreign, especially all noxious adhesions; and show himself at length in his own shape and stature, be these what they may.
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WIST · "Jean Paul Friedrich Richter," Edinburgh Review No. 91, Art. 7 (1827-06) - Carlyle, Thomas | WIST QuotationsFor the great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was created capable of being; expand, if possible, to his full growth; resisting all impediments, casting off all foreign, especially all noxious adhesions; and show himself at length in his own shape and stature, be these what…
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A quotation from Hand, Learned:

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By some happy fortuity, man is a projector, a designer, a builder, a craftsman; it is among his most dependable joys to impose upon the flux that passes before him some mark of himself, aware though he always must be of the odds against him. His reward is not so much in the work as in its making; not so much in…
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WIST · Speech (1955-01-29), "A Fanfare for Prometheus," American Jewish Committee annual dinner, New York City - Hand, Learned | WIST QuotationsBy some happy fortuity, man is a projector, a designer, a builder, a craftsman; it is among his most dependable joys to impose upon the flux that passes before him some mark of himself, aware though he always must be of the odds against him. His reward is not so…
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Tristan Harward

I stopped understanding myself when I stopped writing.

Need to get back to it. I was looking at my old writing and it’s amazing how much I have going back twenty years. Over a hundred poems, and some are good, great even.

For myself at least, it’s a treasure. I can read these and remember who I am. They bring instant cathartic tears, that reflex of self realization, self actualisation.

Maybe someday I’ll put them together in a way I can share, but I don’t even know how much value they have outside my own process, but then, each does have this glimmer of universality and humanity. Mmm.

#poetry#writing#selfactualization
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Violet Rose

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of Edmonton;
But all the clouds that lowered upon our house
Are coming back for one more snowfall.

Now are our brows bound by the hem of our toques
Our bruised arms dreading more shoveling,
Our merry meetings changed to stern grumbling,
Our delightful promenades to shiverous trudging.

But I, whose shape more fair becomes
Fret not ‘bout clouds that block the sun
For this week’s cold and snow shall pass
To rouse the greening of the grass.

Why do I smile? Well, here’s the thing:
This year will be my first true spring!

#Poetry#TransJoy#SelfActualization
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Andrew Wooldridge 🌱

The internet has been trying to convince you that you must "accomplish" something every day in order to validate your existence. Your existence is already valid and you are a bright, wonderous being who doesn't need to check some checkboxes every day to feel like you have justified living today.

Turn things around. When was the last time you just paused and listened, smelled, felt the world around you.

Tapping in to the source of who you really are, you may discover that it is radically different than the sum of the To Do list items you've created to make someone think you are valuable.

#selfactualization#reflection
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