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What are some books that will improve my guts(courage). I want books of total badasses. You think you can do that /lit/?

>> No.16318354

>>16318345

I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate
Those that I guard I do not love;
My country is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public man, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.

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>> No.16318390

>>16318359
Do other people see the blue sunken in and the red popping out or am I just fucked?

>> No.16318401

>>16318345
Short Happy Life of Francis Cucumber

>> No.16318453

>>16318390
I see it too

>> No.16318572

Courage is best cultivated through practice. What would you do if you were braver? Face that fear, in a manageable quantity.

>> No.16318577

>>16318345
Shorter Hippias asks what is courage

>> No.16318722

>>16318390
learn color theory, red always sticks out

>> No.16319039

>>16318345
is this bait?
Berserk

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>>16318345
>I want books of total badasses.

>> No.16319106

unironically bronze age mindset

>> No.16319122
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>>16318345
Psalms
Guru Granth Sahib

>> No.16319127

>>16319106
My idol is Rev. Jim Jones because he killed tons of people. Over 900. xD

>> No.16319131

>>16319127
clearly you havent read the book

>> No.16319135

>>16318345
marvel movies

>> No.16319164

>>16319131
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKwcFlM6kiU

>Believe me. You wouldnt want a world without me! Youd rather be dead than live in a world without me!

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Bhagavad Gita

>> No.16319351

>>16318390
the popping effect is due to the coulouring, but also the amount of narrow strokes in the blue letters, especially the Ns.

>> No.16319508

>>16318345
Read deadpool

>> No.16319556

The stoics are where its at. Not to be all badass about it but few months ago there was a guy attacking my neighbors house and car with a sledge hammer and I went out to confront him he pulled a gun on me. I didn't have a shred of fear and I didn't back down at all because I recognized that ultimately whatever he did with it is out of my control. I kept calling him a faggot and telling him to come fight me but I wasn't properly escalating the situation, so eventually he just slunk away and later got arrested for his trouble.

>> No.16319581

>>16319556
In short, you are a lucky retard

>> No.16319609

>>16319581
I don't think there was anything lucky about. I had a pretty good read on him and he looked intimidated so if i would have ducked away he might have gotten brave.

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>>16318345
If you want to improve your courage and no longer experience fear, all you have to do is get your amygdalae surgically destroyed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M._(patient)

>> No.16319672

>>16318345
Berserk

>> No.16319789

Dune.

>> No.16319809

>>16318345
Ouch!

>> No.16319812

>>16318345
There are things you cannot learn by reading a book, my fren.

>> No.16320330

>>16319812
Why wouldn't you be able to learn courage? You have to have some idea of what courage is and how to practice it before you can actually put it into practice. Books are one way of sharing that idea.

>> No.16320729

>>16320330
>You have to have some idea of what courage is and how to practice it before you can actually put it into practice

Dont you already?

>> No.16321105

>>16320729
Whether I have the knowledge or not is irrelevant to whether or not that knowledge can be conveyed through books.

>> No.16321651

>>16321105
knowledge learned through words on a page is infinitely inferior to knowledge learned through active engagement in the world

when you read and think, you can only simulate according to what is in your head, which is extremely limited. you gain no actual information here. only solipsisim

through engagement with the outside you gain actual accurate and helpful information, the only kind that matters.

the best advice i can give you is to make peace with your mortality, accept and embrace death, and go out into the world and constantly push your boundaries.
chances are you cant or wont do this though, and the second best option is to instead put yourself into situations or environments where your boundaries will be pushed outside of your will.

when you act

>> No.16321892

>>16321651
You're trying to make a distinction between learning and practice as if I'm conflating the two. You have to learn courage before you practice it, just like any other virtue. Some people are taught to be courageous by their parents, others have to learn it from somewhere else and books are one way of learning it.

>> No.16322103

You need to look at courage not as a separate concept but as something deeply tied to something else. and that is purpose. Courage is a mix of two factors, ability and confidence in purpose. If you do not believe in the purpose, in the end goal, then your "courage" will not be manifested in the specific case. There are men who will do everything in their strength to fight for their nation, country, or family, because they believe in what they are fighting for, there are men who are entirely apathetic towards these things.

We live in a crisis of belief, atheism and abandoning religion is just one of the manifestations of this, but fact is that all virtues are being deconstructed and trampled, hence courage is disappearing.

>> No.16322140

>>16318345
>books that will improve my guts
Real life is not a Persona game, faggot.

>> No.16322142

>>16318345
You don't really need courage to deal with sheboons or women in general bro.