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"Yes," he began, as if continuing his thoughts aloud, "all of us, and especially you women, must have personal experience of all the nonsense of life, in order to get back to life itself; the evidence of other people is no good. At that time you had not got near the end of that charming nonsense which I admired in you. So I let you go through it alone, feeling that I had no right to put pressure on you, though my own time for that sort of thing was long past." "If you loved me," I said, "how could you stand beside me and suffer me to go through it?" "Because it was impossible for you to take my word for it, though you would have tried to. Personal experience was necessary, and now you have had it."
The Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
1: Relatability There's something innately human and entertaining about the Star Wars adventures, but if you want to truly understand what made the first film so popular, you need to appreciate the culture in which it came to life.
The Storytelling Edge
Shane Snow, Joe Lazauskas
In the warrior tradition of Shambhala, conversation is related to windhorse. Wind is the notion of movement, energy, and expanse. Horse is the notion of riding that energy. The image of windhorse represents being brave and connecting to the inherent power of life. Good conversation is knowing what to accept and what to reject, and engaging with kindness and compassion, which are the seeds of happiness because they take us beyond ourselves.
The Lost Art of Good Conversation
Sakyong Mipham
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