Thoughts
thoughts (my own and from others) collected from across the web
Thoughts
“He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”
– Lao-Tse
Tozier • Diverse themes observed at GECCO 2006 | Notional Slurry
Wow, what a beautiful framing. Some people feel called to build families, others feel called to build ideas. They're not mutually exclusive, of course, but they're both ways to spread parts of ourselves:
"My religious cousin, who is the same age as I am, she has six kids. And I have six books. Maybe there is no great difference between us, just th... See more
Defining time well spent for yourself is one of the most important tasks of going day to day in this life.
how can we push past capitalism’s sensory overload, cut out the soul-numbing nonsense that is meant to harm us while also reaching for life-sustaining, life-giving sensations that make us want to wake up every morning?
Ayesha Khan • Capitalism overwhelms our senses while also insulating us from the connection we need
Elon Musk on taking risks:
"This is how civilizations decline. They quit taking risks. And when they quit taking risks, their arteries harden. Every year there are more referees and fewer doers. When you've had success for too long, you lose the desire to take risks."
"This is how civilizations decline. They quit taking risks. And when they quit taking risks, their arteries harden. Every year there are more referees and fewer doers. When you've had success for too long, you lose the desire to take risks."
Mr. Rogers once said, “I’m very concerned that our society is much more interested in information than wonder.” Revelations probably swim past us all the time, we just fail to capture them in our relentless quest for the next byte of data or the next notification. The answers we look for are usually not invented but found. Truth never moves; when w... See more
