Majicman Notes

We need to keep paying attention to politics however much we would prefer to be doing something else. Vigilance is the price we pay for our freedom.  Benjamin Constant https://oll.libertyfund.org/people/benjamin-constant Read more

Jessica de Bloom & Merly Kosenkranius  https://psyche.co/guides/why-you-should-forget-work-life-balance-in-crafting-a-good-life# Read more

We tend to avoid failure at all costs. But our smarter missteps are worthwhile because they can force us to take a different path that points us toward personal and professional success.  An intelligent failure… Read more

As far as we can discern,the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. There is no pit you cannot climb out of provided you make the… Read more

The extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.  https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/where-to-start-with-iris-murdoch-a-guide-to-her-best-novels Read more

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the… Read more

“ I was just being myself” is not an excuse for disrespectful behavior. It signals a lack of concern for others. Authenticity without empathy is selfish. Authenticity without boundaries is careless. Being true to yourself shouldn’t… Read more

For example, if you have a day job you don’t take seriously because you plan to be a novelist, are you producing? Are you writing pages of fiction, however bad? As long as you’re producing,… Read more

…Nothing delights the mind so much as fond and loyal friendship. What a blessing it is to have hearts that are ready and willing to receive all your secrets in safety, with whom you are… Read more

Nobody’s going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself, whether you’re rich or poor, out of money or raking it in, the beneficiary of ridiculous fortune or terrible injustice. And… Read more