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Bumper Sticker I Saw

If you believe you can tell me what to think, I believe I can tell you where to go.

Another Nietzsche Quote

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
~Friedrich Nietzsche

entitlement

It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.
~William Cobbett
MHP.
Microwave generation. Have it NOW… why work for it? It should be instantaneous.. .right?
This “immediate satisfaction” theory/lifestyle/wishfulness/feeling of entitlement flies in the face of the work ethic my parents & grandparents model(ed) [...]

A quote I read caused me to think…

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.
~Friedrich Niezsche
In my case, I think Niezsche’s quote is true. I have grown tremendously as I have had less bitterness.
This past Sunday morning when ex was visiting the kids, I had no bitter feelings toward him. It was a good feeling.. that absence of [...]