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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
“Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.”
Stephen Hanselman • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men - Roald Dahl
#084 ✰ are you an essentialist?
The general assumption driven by these optimization models is always that faster is better. I think there are things we need to deliberately and consciously slow down for our own sanity and for our own productivity. If we don’t ask that question about what those things are, I think we’ll get things terribly, terribly wrong.
Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
In a controversial speech by Lee Kuan Yew who served as the Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 – 1990, he has a really great line about conviction:
“I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind, an inability to chart a course. Whichever way the wind blows. Whichever way... See more
Except Aristotle actually never said this. And neither did Picasso say “Good artists copy, great artists steal”. And this is also why Steve was a genius. He was truly capable of distorting reality.
“The most powerful man in the world is the story teller” - Steve Jobs. https://t.co/PhtBDd8DPY
Mark Twain is often quoted as having said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble, it’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
Sahil Bloom • The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life
“My Dad always told us that remembering a lot of facts doesn’t prove intelligence. It just proves you’ve got a good memory. And the sheer sign of intelligence in another human being is curiosity and imagination.” —Oliver Jeffers https://t.co/CJ1IzvEYnk... See more