rob hardy
@robhardy
writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱
rob hardy
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Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.
— George Eliot, 1879
— George Eliot, 1879
Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.
― James Baldwin
Ayishat Akanbi • Sentences That Have Shaped Me
Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.
— Gustave Flaubert
— Gustave Flaubert
Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet
Operating under an illness model of care doesn’t just carry powerful implications for the way we conceptualize perfectionism, it impacts the way we conceptualize every aspect of mental health. The slightest pang of sadness, a drizzle of frustration—we register any decline in positive emotion with an assumption of pathology. It’s a cultural tic. The
... See moreKatherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
Often, the key to succeeding at something big is to break it into its tiniest pieces and focus on how to succeed at just one piece.
Tim Urban • How to Pick Your Life Partner - Part 2
humility and
“Let us expand, live much, and be many things, and
not shirk the complexity of the world or of ourselves.”
— Julian Jaynes
not shirk the complexity of the world or of ourselves.”
— Julian Jaynes