heal so that you don't bleed on people that didn't cut you
i'd love you if i never saw you again, or if i saw you every tuesday
the only reward for being low maintenance is being expected to be even more low maintenance
if i loved you less i could talk about it more
modern dating is unpaid sex work
psychology
with a strong commitment to inquiring into yourself, the universe does not have to use catastrophes to wake you up
don't mistake sincerity for honesty
your ability to deal with failure will determine how much you get to deal with success
once you get the message, you can hang up the phone
in the beginner's mind, there are many possibilities. in the expert's mind, there are few
the bigger the circle of the known, the larger the contact with the unknown
you'll never regret saying nothing in a heated moment
desires that arise in agitation are more aligned with your ego. desires that arise in stillness are more aligned with your soul
you walk in the rain and you feel the rain but you are not the rain
a man with no humility has no pride at all
you're either spiralling up or spiralling down
often the burned hand teaches best. after that, all advice about fire goes straight to the heart
if you can't get out of it get into it
the small stuff is the big stuff in aggregate
social
the man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read
the society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools
sunshine all the time makes a desert
legitbility is vulnerability
don't try and get an advantage when it doesn't matter
you are who you spend your time with, so don't spend your time with nobody
the sharing of joy is double joy. the sharing of sorrow is half sorrow
don't raise your voice, improve your argument
just because there's a gap in the market doesn't mean there's a market in the gap
harvard's main function is lumping together rich and smart kids so no one can tell the difference
what is social media but watching a thousand trains leave without you
they muddy the water to make it seem deep
every crowd has a silver lining
if they are free they are not equal and if they are equal they're not free
philosophy
to become a philosopher king, start by being a king, not a philosopher
it's usually easier to raise the ceiling than the floor
luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends
the more a man is, the less he wants
you don't want to play the game you played, you want to play the game you remember
the trouble isn't that there's no way out, it's that we think there might be a way out
man is not punished for his sins, but by them
as man now is, god once was. as god now is, man may be
wheat is wheat, even if people think it's grass in the beginning
anything can happen in life; especially nothing
you can only cook what's in the fridge
all models are wrong but some are useful
in practice, the difference between theory and practice is greater in practice than in theory
there are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see
it will happen to all of us that at some point you'll be tapped on the shoulder and told - not just that the party is over - but slightly worse: the party's going on but you have to leave
to become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. to become presence, means accepting the risk of absence