Doesn’t have to be a life motto. Any motto, for any application.

Mine is: “Fear is shorter than regret.”

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    3 months ago

    Brings to mind the bene gesserit litany against fear:

    I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

    I often pair with:

    It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.

    Which is a nice allegory for most any chemical stimulant (coffee).


    Everything is true, nothing is permitted.

    Nothing is true, everything is permitted.