Life Choices
David Brooks • The Relationalist Manifesto
So my children live with my mother, and so far they do not have worn-out shoes. But what kind of men will they be? I mean, what kind of shoes will they have when they are men? What road will they choose to walk down? Will they decide to give up everything that is pleasant but not necessary, or will they affirm that everything is necessary and that... See more
2022 edition
So, my children live with my mother and so far they do not have worn-out shoes. But what kind of men will they be? I mean, what kind of shoes will they have when they are men? What road will they choose to walk down? Will they decide to give up everything that is pleasant but not necessary, or will they affirm that everything is necessary and that... See more
Notes & Highlights for The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg
As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to money; not caution but courage and a contempt for danger; nor shrewdness but frankness and a love of truth; not tact but love for one’s neighbour and self-denial; not a desire for... See more
Notes & Highlights for The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg
The best long term fuel source is some repeated act that energizes you in a way that then lets you become a generative person, who uses the energy to make things for others. A great question is "what is your renewable fuel source?"
Patrick OShaughnessy • Tweet
In the university program where I was supposed to be emancipating myself from the kitchen, preparing myself to go back to New York having at least answered the question of my own potential, the novelty and thrill had thoroughly worn off. I could not find the fun or the urgency in the eventless and physically idle academic life. It was so lethargic
... See moreGabrielle Hamilton • Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
By looking around himself a man can find out how to use the little virtues—moderately and when they are necessary—he can drink them in from the air, because the little virtues are of a kind that is common among men. But one cannot breathe in the great virtues from the surrounding air,
Notes & Highlights for The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg
Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process
Henrik Karlssonhenrikkarlsson.xyzConformism is the force that translates our own desires through others' desires. We learn to play a role. We become so good at playing the role that we become 'inaccessible' to ourselves; our own desires and truth are 'impenetrable.'
What does it mean to be a parent ? An entrepreneur ? An early adopter of the latest technology? Our roles are bound... See more
What does it mean to be a parent ? An entrepreneur ? An early adopter of the latest technology? Our roles are bound... See more