Sirnesto
@sirnesto
Believer in a bright future for humanity. Alarmed at current trajectories. Dad building the plane while flying it. PKM nerd.
@sirnesto
Believer in a bright future for humanity. Alarmed at current trajectories. Dad building the plane while flying it. PKM nerd.
“Hope is an ax you break down doors with in an emergency." - Rebecca Solnit
"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we sho
... See more“Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, ages: it is the rule." - Friedrich Nietzsche
“Don’t let the weight of fear weigh down the joy of curiosity.” Fear is really false evidence appearing real.” - Tim Ferriss
"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears." - Montaigne
“Giving people more control over what they do and how they do it increases their happiness, engagement, and sense of fulfillment.” - Cal Newport
“Perfection of character: to live your last day, every day, without frenzy, or sloth, or pretense.” Marcus Aurelius
"The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts”
- Marcus Aurelius
“I'm looking back at that happy man, myself, as he stands there-soaked in summer moonlight on that Thursday night in August.
He's happy because the scene is beautiful; and because he's in love; and because his novel is finished—he only just did the very last thing, correcting the galleys-and its first readers are excited by it. His life feels good.
... See more“Over and over again, the world has been changed by people who, at the outset, seemed far too puny to pit themselves against the most powerful institutions of their time” - Rebecca Solnit
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