The brilliance of enslaving the spirit is that it is an invisible prison from which the inmate appears to derive some comfort.


“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.”
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“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.”
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune

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