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The humanities, rightly understood, are the things that technology cannot take away or substitute for. Of course, I don’t mean ‘humanities’ in the way that they’ve been hijacked as ideological programs of cultural change by many elite universities. I mean humanities broadly understood as the exploration of what it truly means to be human and the... See more
A Bull Market in the Humanities
any place in England where the name ends in “wich” at one time produced salt.
Mark Kurlansky • Salt: A World History
Consider what about you makes you valuable as a friend, and whenever you're in a new social situation, think about which of your assets will most be appreciated by that group and work on conveying them. Do it early in the interaction and then move on to getting to know everyone else.
Tynan • Superhuman Social Skills: A Guide to Being Likeable, Winning Friends, and Building Your Social Circle
"Get the important things right."
– N. P. Calderwood
I hope you focus less on what you achieve and more on who you become.
-Sari
He is in the clean and well-lit prison of one idea: he is sharpened to one painful point.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton • Orthodoxy
Make time for think time.
Don’t let stubbornness make a bad situation worse.