The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.
~ Mark Twain
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Reading →
Growth →
Everyone encourages you to grow up to the point where you can discount your own bad moods. Few encourage you to continue to the point where you can discount society’s bad moods.
~ Paul Graham
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History →
History as usually written is quite different from history as usually lived. The historian records the exceptional because it is interesting.
~ Will Durant
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Jealousy →
I learned early that people will admire your work more if they are not jealous of you.
~ Benjamin Franklin
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Comforts →
Comforts, once gained, become necessities. And if enough of those comforts become necessities, you eventually peel yourself away from any kind of common feeling with the rest of humanity.
~ Sebastian Junger
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A good story →
The best arguments in the world won’t change a single person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.
~ Richard Powers
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Wisdom →
My definition of wisdom is knowing the long-term consequences of your actions.
~ Naval Ravikant
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Point of view →
A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.
~ Marshall McLuhan
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Childhood’s end →
When I was a child I wanted to be an architect, and now that I am an architect I would sometimes like to be a child again.
~ Federico Babina
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Flexibility →
The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.
~ Brian Greene
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