Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky.

Barbara Kingsolver
About This Quote

This particular quote is an example of the paradox of choice. Essentially the idea is that the more options you have, the harder it is to pick the right one because you can always find something better. The problem is that when people are choosing amongst themselves, they don’t often choose for themselves. They choose for the greater good of their group, which means that even if they end up making a bad decision, they might be lucky because it will lead to something good.

Source: The Poisonwood Bible

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