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Pete Davis on why we love people who commit but don't commit:
“Why do we love committers but act like browsers? I think it’s because of three fears. First, we have a fear of regret: we worry that if we commit to something, we will later regret having not committed to something else. Second, we have a fear of association: we think that if we commit t... See more
“Why do we love committers but act like browsers? I think it’s because of three fears. First, we have a fear of regret: we worry that if we commit to something, we will later regret having not committed to something else. Second, we have a fear of association: we think that if we commit t... See more
Writer and philosopher Michel de Montaigne reveals what wisdom looks like:
"The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness."
Source: Essays (1580)
"The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness."
Source: Essays (1580)
Desire (as opposed to need) is an intellectual appetite for things that you perceive to be good, but that you have no physical, instinctual basis for wanting – and that’s true whether those things are actually good or not.
Luke Burgis • How to Know What You Really Want | Psyche Guides
We think that human beings, at least in ethical theory, all have equal rights, and that justice involves equality; Aristotle thinks that justice involves, not equality, but right proportion, which is only sometimes equality
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Philosopher and spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti on pausing before we judge everything:
"The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence."
"The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence."
The skill? “Psychological flexibility.”
“Whether you suffer from anxiety, depression, addiction, or any other kind of mental distress,” explains Hayes, psychological flexibility — openness to yours and others’ thoughts and feelings — ”helps you… move your life in a meaningful direction.” Psychological flexibility is about being able to turn a person... See more
“Whether you suffer from anxiety, depression, addiction, or any other kind of mental distress,” explains Hayes, psychological flexibility — openness to yours and others’ thoughts and feelings — ”helps you… move your life in a meaningful direction.” Psychological flexibility is about being able to turn a person... See more
If you want new ideas, read old books. — Shane Parrish
To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion. — Stephen Hawking
Thousands of people don’t like what I do. Fortunately, millions do. — James Patterson
Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again. — André Gid
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To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion. — Stephen Hawking
Thousands of people don’t like what I do. Fortunately, millions do. — James Patterson
Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again. — André Gid
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" You never change things by fighting the existing reality. T o change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
Buckminster Fuller
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