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The first hard choice
You must spend your life walking through fields of lotuses, listening to the beautiful music of the sirens.
Always, you could come closer to the sirens, and risk destroying yourself.
Always, you could eat more of the lotus, and you could choose to abandon what matters.
This is the first hard choice. You must choose to be the kind
... See moreDavid R. MacIver • The First Hard Choice
The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education. A man who has worked long hours all his life will be bored if he becomes suddenly idle. But without a considerable amount of leisure a man is cut off from many of the best things. There is no longer any reason why the bulk of the population should suffer this
... See moreBertrand Russell • In Praise of Idleness
“It is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur.”
Simon Sarris • Efforts and Goals and Joy
Normal behavior is forgotten. Only weird behavior survives.
Nobody tells stories of when you did the expected — they only tell stories when you did the unexpected.
Normal behavior costs nothing in the short term — but it disappears into the abyss.
Unconventional behavior costs a social price in the short term — but the actions live on as story assets... See more
Nobody tells stories of when you did the expected — they only tell stories when you did the unexpected.
Normal behavior costs nothing in the short term — but it disappears into the abyss.
Unconventional behavior costs a social price in the short term — but the actions live on as story assets... See more
I am susceptible to frivolity. I know this about myself. I love beauty; I am weak to surfaces; I am apt to mistake eccentricity for character. I drink more than I should. I love overdressing; I love staying up past midnight; I love breakfasts at all-night diners, and the Irish coffees you order when you can’t decide whether it’s night or morning.
Isabella Burton • On Good Parties
