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« I always remember that rebellious spirit to whom I addressed my usual greeting: "be wise". One day, he answered me with a point of point: "And you, walk straight!" It gave me extreme pleasure. He felt for myself and had not taken the tweezers that take those who smile blithely at me.... There are smiles that hurt, compliments that kill. »
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Alexandre Jollien
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Alexandre Jollien
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« "Alexander is not Alexander, that is why I call him Alexander": I never fix myself in who I am; I'm moving on. »
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Alexandre Jollien
Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes |
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Alexandre Jollien
Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes
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« Many of my educators were religious. Some did not always respect the teachings they taught. In philosophy, this kind of inconsistency is called "cognitive dissonance," that is, dissociation between our ideal, our will and our actions. »
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Alexandre Jollien
Praise for weakness |
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Alexandre Jollien
Praise for weakness
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