The biggest obstacle of progress is conflicting motivations, and perhaps nothing is more conflicting than desiring change while wanting to preserve the same self-image. Intelligent people fail because they repeatedly refuse to be anything less than too smart for their own good.
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Replying to @mistermircea
That's the whole challenge, isn't it? Living by many virtues and that results in conflicting motivations.
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Replying to @rishading
My idea is to live by necessity first; virtue follows naturally, and I can't see it existing without it.
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Replying to @rishading
It depends on how you mean 'morality'.
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