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What is your motto? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Doesn't have to be a life motto. Any motto, for any application.

Mine is: "Fear is shorter than regret."

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Brings to mind the bene gesserit litany against fear:

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.

I often pair with:

It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.

Which is a nice allegory for most any chemical stimulant (coffee).


Everything is true, nothing is permitted.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The Benne gesserit is my second favourite quote.