Practical Wisdom
Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction
—Cowboy Wisdom
It’s not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.
-- Helen Walton
What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it."
— Dean Smith
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. —Abraham Lincoln
Greg Martin • The Buddha in Your Mirror: Practical Buddhism and the Search for Self
The Ancient Greeks had two different words for time:
Chronos was the idea of chronological, linear, quantitative time. That all time is equal.
Kairos was a bit different. That there are certain moments or windows that have more meaning. More texture. More importance. More weight.
We’ve all experienced Kairos time. There are certain moments in life
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— Hetty Green
It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.
— Muhammad Ali
Growth isn’t a byproduct of ease. It’s a byproduct of struggle.
— Sahil Bloom
No amount of sophistication is going to allay the fact that all your knowledge is about the past and all your decisions are about the future.
— Ian Wilson