Human behavior
How we think and feel
Human behavior
When you look back at the most fruitful moments of your life years from now, you’ll be surprised to discover how many of them unfolded amid a big loss or a crisis or in the face of a giant unknown.
Heather Havrilesky • Tolerating Unknowns Will Make You Stronger
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Writer and activist James Baldwin on the power of reading:
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been
... See moreadvantaged groups, Jost and his colleagues concluded: “People who suffer the most from a given state of affairs are paradoxically the least likely to question, challenge, reject, or change it.”
Adam Grant • Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
When I see people described as progressive but they spend more energy hating the rich (e.g. landlords) versus helping people (e.g. pushing for more market rate housing), I’m reminded that people love being cruel while protected by the cloak of righteousness.
X. It’s what’s happening
People who live in large cities have larger egos because at night they can't see the stars
Dylano | Essayfulx.comWisdom lies in correctly discerning where we are free to mold reality to our desires and where we must accept the unaltered with tranquility.
– Seneca
– Seneca
One morning I heard someone, whom I knew to be brave and dignified, cry like a child because he finally had to go to the snowy marching grounds in his bare feet, as his shoes were too shrunken for him to wear. In those ghastly minutes, I found a little bit of comfort; a small piece of bread which I drew out of my pocket and munched with absorbed
... See moreViktor E. Frankl • Man's Search for Meaning
Confucius says you have two lives, and the second one begins when you realize you only have one. When and how did your second life begin?