What we desire makes us vulnerable.

What we desire makes us vulnerable.

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The quote "What we desire makes us vulnerable" reflects a key idea about human nature and its relationship to our wants. Desires can lead to a sense of dependency and expose us to emotional risks, as they create expectations that can result in disappointment or failure when unmet. This vulnerability emphasizes the importance of cultivating resilience and understanding the impermanence of our wants.

In Ryan Holiday's "The Daily Stoic," the author...

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we don't need to make decisions that force us to continue to work and work and work and drift further from study and contemplation in order to get more money to pay for the things we don't need.

There's no time off. There aren't even weekends. We are always preparing for what life might throw at us-and when it does, we're ready and don't stop until we've handled it.

don't spend your time {the most valuable and least renewable of all your resources} on the things that don't matter.

the attention you give to any action should be in due proportion to its worth, for then you won't tire and give up

we shouldn't forget at each moment to ask, is this one of the unnecessary things?

Since the vast majority of our words and actions are unnecessary, corralling them will create an abundance of leisure and tranquility.

All the things you can talk about in anyone's work are the things that are least important.

All the things you can talk about in anyone's work are the things that are least important.

Race of Cain, ascend to heaven, And cast God down upon the earth!

Race of Cain, ascend to heaven, And cast God down upon the earth!

"Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army," says the minister. "Now he marches with the angels."

"Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army," says the minister. "Now he marches with the angels."

For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.

For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.

On the way out to the car, Philip turns to me. "How could you be so stupid?" I shrug, stung in spite of myself. "I thought I grew out of it." Philip pulls out his key fob and presses the remote to unlock his Mercedes. I slide into the passenger side, brushing coffee cups off the seat and onto the floor mat, where crumpled printouts from MapQuest soak up any spilled liquid. "I hope you mean sleepwalking," Philip says, "since you obviously didn't grow out of stupid."

On the way out to the car, Philip turns to me. "How could you be so stupid?" I shrug, stung in spite of myself. "I thought I grew out of it." Philip pulls out his key fob and presses the remote to unlock his Mercedes. I slide into the passenger side, brushing coffee cups off the seat and onto the floor mat, where crumpled printouts from MapQuest soak up any spilled liquid. "I hope you mean sleepwalking," Philip says, "since you obviously didn't grow out of stupid."

I don't have anything against God. Far from it. But I don't understand Him. And I don't trust a lot of the people that go around claiming that they're working in His best interests.