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Human, All Too Human: A Book For Free Spirits
That character is unalterable is not, in the strict sense, true
Unalterable Character.—That character is unalterable is not, in the strict sense, true; rather is this favorite proposition valid only to the extent that during the brief life period of a man the potent new motives can not, usually, press down hard enough to obliterate the…
Shantaram (gregory David Roberts)
Every virtuous act is inspired by a dark secret
Khaderbhai once said that every virtuous act is inspired by a dark secret. It mightn’t be true of everyone, but it was true enough about me. The little good that I’ve done in the world has always dragged behind it a shadow of dark inspiration. What I do know now, and didn’t…