Luke Burgis
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“People don’t fight because they want different things; they fight because mimetic desire causes them to want the same things.”
― Wanting: Mimetic Desire: How to Avoid Chasing Things You Don't Truly Want
― Wanting: Mimetic Desire: How to Avoid Chasing Things You Don't Truly Want
“Human beings fight not because they are different, but because they are the same, and in their attempts to distinguish themselves have made themselves into enemy twins, human doubles in reciprocal violence.”
― Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
― Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
“Italians have a way of saying “I love you” that is particularly instructive: Ti voglio bene, they say. It means “I want your good”—I want what’s best for you.”
― Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
― Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
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“The life of each person can’t be understood in a snapshot, a resume, or a social media profile. We have to enter fully into the stories of each individual if we hope to know and love them as God does. He is the Author of every human life. And God is an author worth reading.”
― Unrepeatable: Cultivating the Unique Calling of Every Person
― Unrepeatable: Cultivating the Unique Calling of Every Person
“Each person has a unique and unrepeatable vocation. If it is not discovered, embraced, and lived, it is lost to the world forever.”
― Unrepeatable: Cultivating the Unique Calling of Every Person
― Unrepeatable: Cultivating the Unique Calling of Every Person