The next time someone pesters you with unneeded advice, gently remind him of the fate of the monk whom Ivan the Terrible put to death for delivering uninvited (and moralizing) advice. It works as a short-term cure.
Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another? We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person's essence? We...
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Haruki Murakami
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
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Mark Twain
The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now.
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Leo Babauta
There is nothing more important than your eternal salvation.
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Kirk Cameron
When we turn to the heavens to look for inspiration, we miss the most important piece, and that is the person right there next to us.
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Anthony T. Hincks
More Quotes By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.
People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.
There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.
What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.
Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concrete ways to prevent violence from others.
