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Eli
It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish.
David Foster Wallace • The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel
For every ailment under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none; If there be one, try to find it; If there be none, never mind it.
Dale Carnegie • How to stop worrying & start living
The way you choose to suffer is uniquely yours: “The fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets… emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent” – Haruki Murakami
One morning I heard someone, whom I knew to be brave and dignified, cry like a child because he finally had to go to the snowy marching grounds in his bare feet, as his shoes were too shrunken for him to wear. In those ghastly minutes, I found a little bit of comfort; a small piece of bread which I drew out of my pocket and munched with absorbed
... See moreViktor E. Frankl • Man's Search for Meaning
"Meaning is not something you stumble across, like the answer to a riddle or the prize in a treasure hunt. Meaning is something you build into your life. You build it out of your own past, out of your affections and loyalties, out of the experience of humankind as it is passed on to you, out of your own talent and understanding, out of the things... See more
pbs.org • John Gardner : Education and Excellence
Fake news isn’t meant to change minds. As we know, beliefs are hard to change. The potency of fake news is that it entrenches beliefs its intended audience already has, and then amplifies them.
Annie Duke • Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
Always remember that you belong to no one, and no one belongs to you.
Lahiri Mahasaya