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“I choose to love you in silence��
For in silence I find no rejection,

I choose to love you in loneliness��
For in loneliness no one owns you but me,

I choose to adore you from a distance��
For distance will shield me from pain,

I choose to kiss you in the wind��
For the wind is gentler than my lips,

I choose to hold you in my dreams��
For in my dreams, you have no end.”
― Rumi

“Everyone’s a believer when things are going fine. The real faith is when one becomes patient with tribulations.”
― Hamza Yusuf

“The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.”
― Hamza Yusuf

“Realize that in modern society, the downside risk is not that large. Even personal bankruptcy can wipe the debts clean in good ecosystems. I’m most familiar with Silicon Valley, but generally, people will forgive failures as long as you were honest and made a high-integrity effort. There’s not really that much to fear in terms of failure, and so people should take on a lot more accountability than they do. [78]”
― Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness