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Previously @artfulprudence

[Illimitable Man (IM) @SovereignIM]

Your emotional unavailability is far more punishing than your anger could ever be.

[AP @thecentredman]

Almost nothing in life worth keeping comes through the pursuit of doing easy things. A man, by nature, has a duty to continually push his upper limits, until eventually, he has suffered and learned so much that his smaller self is totally swept away.

[Breeze @BreezeChai]

No reason to leave yet.

[𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒 @purelivn]

Lake Como, Italy

[Illimitable Man (IM) @SovereignIM]

They will underestimate you. They will dismiss you. They'll withhold respect, and try to cut you out. You won't get upset. You will conceal your irritation, and demonstrate competence until you are unmistakeable. Like dominoes, they fall in stubborn recognition. You will conquer.

[AP @thecentredman]

@SovereignIM Funny how that works because come to reflect on it, purity has an inherent spirituality to it, whereas ruthlessness has an inherent warrior sense to it, but the fully integrated man, say a warrior, is pure of heart but also ruthless.

[Illimitable Man (IM) @SovereignIM]

If you are pathetic as a man, you are better off not getting married. Your marriage will be shit. You will not be revered. You will be in some practical arrangement with a woman who doesn't admire you using you for her own (usually financial, and reputational) reasons. Contempt will be normalised.

The more dignified routes for you are to improve yourself until you cease to be pathetic, or to keep being pathetic, but not to marry.

Of course, there is never really any dignity in being a pathetic man, but, being pathetic and married is even less dignified than being pathetic and unmarried, because a pathetic man that's married is going to spend his life berated by a contemptuous woman who despises him. It is a worsening of an already very bad situation.

You know those couples, where you observe them, and rather than envy what they have you think "thank fucking God that isn't my life" - this is what makes people think they aren't missing out, and appreciate the peace they have being alone. It actually takes skill to be married. I don't think the average person has what it takes to be married. Entire cultures need 55 different people to meddle in the social mechanics of their marriage, because the actual people involved aren't strong or functional enough to manage their own affairs. It is not for the faint of heart.

In fact, whether you are a man or woman, marriage, in reality, is really only for the strong. If you are a pathetic person, you are going to be a shit spouse. I go harder on men because it is our place to lead, but it applies to women too. Weak women make for terrible, unreliable wives too.

[AP @thecentredman]

When you realise how formless women are by nature you will also understand how rigid a woman who doesn’t love you can be, there’s no upper limit to how far a woman will go for a man she loves, and there’s no excuse too absurd for a man she doesn’t.

[VEEZE @CbfwVeeze]

“men are suppose to lead” says a woman who don’t listen for shit

[Illimitable Man (IM) @SovereignIM]

Her rules are for men she doesn't love, because she has none for the man she does.

A woman's rules are self-protective roadblocks against men she does not respect or desire from making her do things she doesn't want to do.

For the man she loves, there are no such roadblocks.

[AP @thecentredman]

A woman likes mystery and unpredictability, but she admires a man who is calm and calculated, who is literally in every way unphased by her and can see through her tests and games; he is then beyond manipulation and has the most power.

[AP @thecentredman]

The deepest pull isn’t beauty or charm, it’s being seen. Show someone the version of themselves they ache to be, and they’ll mistake that reflection for love. We don’t fall for people. We fall for who we become in their eyes, and chase it forever.

[AP @thecentredman]

Success rewards those who act quickly and decisively. Speed beats perfection every time. While others are busy analyzing, you’re already making moves. Take imperfect action, and fix the details later. Velocity creates momentum; don’t slow down.

[AP @thecentredman]

Being nice is more lethal than it is pleasant. If you think being nice will take you far, it will; down a detrimental road of betrayal, exploitation and foolhardiness. The spineless are pushed around and trampled on, ruthlessly.

[AP @thecentredman]

Men are torn between the desire for a chaste woman and the enjoyment of casual sex. Women, too, are dualistic creatures. They crave emotional intimacy with a devoted man but succumb to their raw sexuality with an ideal lover. Rarely does a man satisfy both.

[AP @thecentredman]

True confidence is the willingness to be rejected. Even Socrates counts being rejected as a greater good because it frees the soul from false belief, which is the worst thing for a man.

[Bambulu @Bqmbulu]

Having a fucking awesome mood as your default emotional state is the cheat code to seducing women

[AP @thecentredman]

A successful goal is built om sacrifice, which is the realisation that in order to achieve it you must burn a part of you down to let your higher self emerge.

[Illimitable Man (IM) @SovereignIM]

When someone you really love hurts you, it's your job to protect them from the worst words in your heart. You must keep them safe even when they have failed you, and not mirror their failure with a failure of your own.

[AP @thecentredman]

A primary cure for paranoia is to avoid being curious about what others are saying about you.