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“Imagination judges the future by the past, but concerns itself with the future more than with the past.”

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Napoleon Hill was an American author known for his book 'Think and Grow Rich'. This book combines elements of psychology, philosophy, and success literature, aiming to help readers achieve personal and professional success. Hill's life and work experiences provided rich material for his writing, and his works continue to have a profound impact on the field of personal development to this day. more

“But who, in the Western world, has not been deranged by a toxic cocktail of dissatisfaction, restlessness, desire and resentment? Who has not yearned to be younger, richer, more talented, more respected, more celebrated, and, above all, more sexually attractive? Who has not felt entitled to more and aggrieved when more was not forthcoming? It is possible that a starving African farmer has less sense of injustice than a middle-aged Western male who has never been fellated.”

Source: The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life makes it Hard to be Happy

“So the absurdity of happiness is that it is embarrassing to discuss or even mention, impossible to define or measure, may not be achievable at all - or, at best, only intermittently and unconsciously - and may even turn into its opposite if directly pursued, but that it frequently turns up unexpectedly in the course of pursuing something else. There is no tease more infuriating...It is tempting to forget the whole thing and simply fall back on the couch with a remote control in one hand and a beer in the other.”

Ifs May Whole Hands Turns Fall Courses Forget Impossible Opposites Beer Absurdity Embarrassing Pursued Couches Tease Fall Back Tempting Infuriating Remote Control

Author:Michael Foley

“But there is a compelling reason to develop a personal strategy for living. Rejecting issues, which often feels liberating, is actually enslavement. Those who do not produce their own solutions must be using someone else's. As Nietzsche warned 'he who cannot obey himself will be commanded'.”

Feels Reason Issues Produce Solutions Strategy Compelling Liberating Rejecting Enslavement Compelling Reason

Author:Michael Foley

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