A piece of wisdom from
May 26, 2026 · Tuesday
The quote
“Forgiveness is the final form of love.”
— Reinhold Niebuhr · Relationships
The concept
The 48 Laws of Power
A literacy of power — read it to recognise the game whether you want to play it or not.
Power is exchanged in every room you walk into — at work, in families, in friendships — and most people are illiterate in its grammar. Robert Greene's 1998 book gathers 48 patterns by which power has been won and lost for three thousand yea…
A practice for today
Walk one slow block today and observe the lesson of The 48 Laws of Power — A literacy of power — read it to recognise the game whether you want to play it or not.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 3.35
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्। स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः॥
“Better one's own dharma, even though imperfectly performed, than the dharma of another well performed. Better death in one's own dharma; the dharma of another is fraught with fear.”
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