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𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴; 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘴. 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘱.
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We too are living now through such a world, caught again between two ages, confused and conflicted, suffocating and suffering. But we have a powerful instrument for self-understanding, for cutting through the confusion to draw from these civilizational phase transitions new and stronger structures of possibility: the creative spirit. - Maria Popova
𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. - Hermann Hesse
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