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← Love does not demand sacrifice, and fearing to affirm your own life means fearing to let others live theirs

15 connected korrents · 10 moments from 4 Nov 2022 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under discipline discipline Everything filed under courage courage Everything filed under government government Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under empathy empathy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Love does not demand sacrifice, and fearing to affirm your own life means fearing to let others live theirs Love does not demand sacrifice, andfearing to affirm your own life meansfearing to let others live theirs JR Jane Roberts — holds since c. 1972–1973 — tap for who they are Same subject: Living according to a genuine purpose brings sacrifice, stress and pain rather than constant enjoyment. — tap to centre the map on it Living according to a genuinepurpose brings sacrifice, stress andpain rather than constant enjoyment. Last stated 11 months ago 5 Dec 2025 MM Mark Manson — holds since 2025-12-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Trying to protect yourself from heartbreak and loss is more dangerous than trying to save another person. — tap to centre the map on it Trying to protect yourself fromheartbreak and loss is moredangerous than trying to saveanother person. Last stated 4 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MP Maria Popova — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fear is a poor safeguard of lasting power; affection can keep it safe — tap to centre the map on it Fear is a poor safeguard of lastingpower; affection can keep it safe CI Cicero — holds since c. 45–44 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A ruler should wish to be both loved and feared, but if one must be given up it is much safer to be feared — tap to centre the map on it A ruler should wish to be both lovedand feared, but if one must be givenup it is much safer to be feared NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are not gentle creatures who only defend themselves; a strong desire for aggression is part of their instinctual endowment — tap to centre the map on it People are not gentle creatures whoonly defend themselves; a strongdesire for aggression is part oftheir instinctual endowment SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: People without love keep everything for themselves, while loving people belong wholly to others — tap to centre the map on it People without love keep everythingfor themselves, while loving peoplebelong wholly to others TH Thiruvalluvar — holds since c. 450–500 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling outlasts the memory of what caused it: amnesic patients stayed sad long after they had forgotten the sad film they were shown. — tap to centre the map on it A feeling outlasts the memory ofwhat caused it: amnesic patientsstayed sad long after they hadforgotten the sad film they wereshown. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 RA Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A habit only survives difficulty if the person enjoys it, which makes enjoyment a better predictor of persistence than discipline. — tap to centre the map on it A habit only survives difficulty ifthe person enjoys it, which makesenjoyment a better predictor ofpersistence than discipline. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JC James Clear — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person cannot expect to find lasting balance between conflicting parts of their psychology. — tap to centre the map on it A person cannot expect to findlasting balance between conflictingparts of their psychology. Last stated 5 months ago 11 Jun 2026 SC Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-06-11 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Love does not demand sacrifice, and fearing to affirm your own life means fearing to let others live theirs Last stated c. 1972–1973 Holds Jane Roberts Read this korrent →