"The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much." -- William Hazlitt
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Something to keep in mind:
"The fundamental cause of trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt." -- Bertrand Russell
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"If you can change your mind, you can change your life. The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives." -- William James
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Robert Wright on feelings and how to deal with them according to Buddhism:
"One of the take-home lessons of Buddhist philosophy is that feelings just are. If we accepted their arising and subsiding as part of life, rather than reacting to them as if they were deeply meaningful, we'd often be better off."
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"No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen." -- Alan Watts
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"People very often do not accept the truth, because they do not like the form in which the truth is presented to them. If you know the truth, or if you think that you know the truth, try to pass it on to the others, as simply as you can, along with the feeling of love for those persons to whom you pass it." -- Leo Tolstoy
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"Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself." -- Thomas Browne
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James Clear on the importance of curiosity and drive for a successful life:
"People can help you in many ways throughout life, but there are two things nobody can give you: curiosity and drive. They must be self-supplied.
If you are not interested and curious, all the information in the world can be at your fingertips, but it will be relatively useless. If you are not motivated and driven, whatever connections or opportunities are available to you will be rendered inert.
Now, you won't feel curious and driven about every area of life, and that's fine. But it really pays to find something that lights you up. This is one of the primary quests of life: to find the thing that ignites your curiosity and drive.
There are many recipes for success. There is no single way to win. But nearly all recipes include two ingredients: curiosity and drive."
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"Attention is your true source of wealth, even more than time - because you can waste time being distracted." -- Sam Harris
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"Embrace your losses as fair payment for the surplus of being alive." -- Kieran Setiya
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William B. Irvine on how to deal with insults:
"Refusing to respond to an insult is, paradoxically, one of the most effective responses possible. For one thing, as Seneca points out, our nonresponse can be quite disconcerting to the insulter, who will wonder whether or not we understood his insult. Furthermore, we are robbing him of the pleasure of having upset us, and he is likely to be upset as a result.
Notice, too, that by not responding to an insulter, we are showing him and anyone who is watching that we simply don't have time for the childish behavior of this person. "
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"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision and imagine the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100%!" -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Morgan Housel on why things have a tendency of getting out of hand:
"It's that optimism and pessimism always have to overshoot what seems reasonable, because the only way to discover the limits of what's possible is to venture a little way past those limits."
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"Curiosity isn't just a great tool for improving your own life and happiness, your ability to win a great job or great spouse. It is the key to the things we say we value most in the modern world: independence, self-determination, self-government, self-improvement. Curiosity is the path to freedom itself." -- Brian Grazer
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"Progress requires unlearning. Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity." -- James Clear
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"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook." -- William James
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In this time of war, instability and conflict it pays to remember this simple but profound quote from Henry David Thoreau:
"The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard."
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"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight." -- Kahlil Gibran
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"The present moment is your opportunity - your only opportunity - to connect with your life." -- Sam Harris
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"The trick is to learn how to want the things you already have." -- William B. Irvine
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