"When the natural road towards human fulfilment is blocked, human beings retreat into themselves, become involved in themselves and try to create inwardly that world, which some evil fate has denied them externally (...) This is a very frequent form of spiritual retreat in-depth, into a kind of inner citadel, in which you try to lock yourself up against all the fearful ills of the world." If we can't win at a game, we stop playing. You tell yourself that you never cared about the game in the first place and you'll create your own game... a new game that you can more easily win at. #redpill #modernwisdom #isaiahberlin #stoic #stoicism #fulfilment #psychology #life #growth