Stoicism’s Emotional Robustification Success brings an asymmetry: you now have a lot more to lose than to gain. You are hence fragile.
Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with what you have2 Try not to hurt other people3 Take more chances4 If you fail, keep trying
When God is ready for you to move, He will make your situation uncomfortable.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Angry is always hungry to cook guilty.
Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and new plans set in motion.
All shadows of clouds the sun cannot hide like the moon cannot stop oceanic tide;but a hidden star can still be smiling at night's black spell on darkness, beguiling
Don't mistake activity with achievement.
Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
When efforts that are wisely executed, the situation and condition don't affect the performance.