“A candle loses NOTHING

by lighting another candle.”

— James Keller

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"It's never the right time, but right now is usually the best time."

Knowing virtues is like having a map; adopting them is actually taking the journey.

What we get out of life is not determined by the good feelings we desire, but by what bad feelings we’re willing and able to sustain to get us to those good feelings

Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.”

​— Tim O’Reilly

Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you."

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

You come to understand that most people are neither for you nor against you, they are thinking about themselves. You learn that no matter how hard you try to please, some people in this world are not going to love you, a lesson that is at first troubling and then really quite relaxing.

This is the most simple and basic component of life: our struggles determine our successes. So, my friend, choose your struggles wisely.

There are at least 4 types of wealth:

Financial wealth (money)

Social wealth (status)

Time wealth (freedom)

Physical wealth (health)

Be wary of jobs that lure you in with 1 and 2, but rob you of 3 and 4."