Philosophy
Some realisations on thoughts:
Thinking does not lead to creation of thoughts
This is simple to understand if try controlling your own thoughts
Prabjyot Sudanx.com@thedulab Everyone gets what thing they most want. If they don't, it's because they are in denial about what that thing really is.
Jeremy Giffonx.comDo not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away, and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well, and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.
Life punishes the vague wish and rewards the specific ask.
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Optimize for legacy, not empire. Empires die because they’re alone, legacies live because they involve others.
-OH, on building teams and brand communities
Spirituality is experiencing who you are beyond small mental definitions, rituals, relationships. For this reason it renders traditional religion impotent because religion can only reach as far as the mind can go
Renee Solana • Tweet
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
— Søren Kierkegaard
— Søren Kierkegaard
Istra of Glome • Tweet
“You must understand the whole of life, not just one part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, why you must sing, dance and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.”
—Krishnamurti
—Krishnamurti