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“If you look for the light, you can often find it. But if you look for the dark, that is all you will ever see.” - Iroh
by Atreiden 4y ago
“If you look for the light, you can often find it. But if you look for the dark, that is all you will ever see.”
- Iroh
- robocat 4y agoI think the footnote from the article covers your point better?: [1] This phrase originates from a quote by Nietzche: He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. I’m probably not using “stare into the abyss” in the exact same sense Nietzche intended, since I wouldn’t really describe what I’m talking about as “fighting with a monster” or like it has the potential to turn you into a monster. [snip]