We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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Experience life in all possible ways -- good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light, summer-winter. Experience all the dualities. Don't be afraid of experience, because the more experience you have, the more mature you become.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Embrace all experiences in life to grow and mature.
This quote emphasizes the importance of experiencing life's full range of emotions and situations, both positive and negative. It suggests that by facing various dualities and not shying away from challenges, we can develop a deeper understanding and wisdom, ultimately leading to personal growth and maturity.
Themes
ExperienceLifeGrowthMaturityDuality
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about personal development.
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