Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quote

A bird that fears falling off of a tree branch is ignorant of its gifts.

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.

More often than not, expecting to lose weight without first losing the diet that made the weight loss necessary is like expecting a pig to be spotless after hosing it down while it was still rolling i...

The humanitarian philosophies that have been developed (sometimes under some religious banner and invariably in the face of religious opposition) are human inventions, as the name implies - and our sp...

Readers are the glue that binds the books together.

Movement is knowledge. Art is perception

Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.

I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

This earth is His, to Him belong those vast and boundless skies;Both seas within Him rest, and yet in that small pool He lies.

The hurt that troubled children create is never greater than the hurt they feel.