Life Lessons
Tact is not the quality by which you often please, but by which you seldom offend.
— Alice Wellington Rollins
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.
— Richard Feynman
In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.
— Abraham Maslow
If you want new ideas, read old books.
—Farnham Street
Overthinking is the biggest waste of human energy. Trust yourself, make a decision, and gain more experience. There is no such thing as perfect. You cannot think your way into perfection, just take action.
— Sylvester McNutt III
Discipline is cheaper than regret.
— Farnham Street
“You can’t change your life overnight, but you can change your direction.”
—James Clear
You have two essential tasks in life: to be a good person and to pursue the occupation that you love. Everything else is a waste of energy and a squandering of your potential. How does one do that? OK, that’s a tougher question. But the philosophy we see from the Stoics makes it simple enough: say no to distractions, to destructive emotions, to out
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Marcus Aurelius, summed it up in eight words—eight words that can determine your destiny: “Our life is what our thoughts make it.”