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She said nothing, but marched Harry and Marietta to the door. As it swung closed behind them, Harry heard Phineas Nigellus’s voice. “You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts . . . but you cannot deny he’s got style . . .”
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling
So bolstering up his pride, he set all his strong will on the work they gave him, the lessons and crafts and histories and skills taught by the grey-cloaked Masters of Roke, who were called the Nine.
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin
There's nothing wrong with pursuing worldly success. One uses the material world, one enjoys the material world, but one doesn't make one's happiness or self-worth depend on the material world. You really begin to enjoy life and work when you're unattached because attachment brings anxiety. When you're anxious because you're holding on to something you can hardly be said to enjoy it. Detachment is not a withdrawal from enjoyment. It's a withdrawal from possessiveness, from anxiety, from tension, from depression at loss of something.
Fearlessness
Anthony De Mello and Don Joseph Goewey
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