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distilled maxim Quotes

9 sourced quotes from distilled maxim across The 48 Laws of Power, The Bhagavad Gita, Hygge & The Power of No.

“Read the book. Then close it. Then read the world. The book is a map; the world is the ground.”

on power literacy The 48 Laws of Power

“Knowing the law is a defence. Using the law is a choice.”

on the 48 laws The 48 Laws of Power

“The Gita is a love letter from God to humanity, written in the language of dilemma.”

on the Gita The Bhagavad Gita

“To do your work without grasping for its fruit is not weakness. It is the highest possible relation to action.”

on nishkama karma The Bhagavad Gita

“The whole Gita is contained in two verses — 2.47 and 18.66. The first is how to act. The second is how to surrender. Together they are the entire path.”

on the Gita The Bhagavad Gita

“The Gita does not give Arjuna an answer. It gives him the means to find his own. That is the difference between a teacher and a saviour.”

on the Gita The Bhagavad Gita

“The hygge of an evening depends not on the size of the room but on the warmth of the company.”

on hygge Hygge

“Comfort is not a luxury to be earned later; it is the soil that ordinary days grow in.”

on contentment Hygge

“A clear no protects a relationship far better than a resentful yes ever will.”

on boundaries The Power of No