Something I found helpful last week was realizing that how I want the world to work and how the world works are different things. So, how best to unify them should be the way forward.
At a glance:
Just Quotes Pt. 4
Here are some quotes worth sharing from some books and pieces worth reading:
“The key lesson is that, in the pursuit of wisdom, we must read much more of what has endured over time (such as history or biographies) than what is ephemeral (such as daily news, social media trends, and the like).”
Source: The Joys Of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning
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“We live in a society in which inactivity is often frowned upon, but part of our focus should be not just on doing but also on deeply understanding the parameters of what we need to do, now and in the future. Learning and understanding the upfront and changing parameters of the field in which you are participating will help you focus on the right place.”
Source: The Joys Of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning
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“I believe God wants us to create beautiful stories, and whatever it is that isn’t God wants us to create meaningless stories, teaching the people around us that life just isn’t worth living.”
Source: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
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“In addition, the man had exceptional courage: it certainly takes bravery to remain skeptical; it takes inordinate courage to introspect, to confront oneself, to accept one's limitations— scientists are more and more seeing evidence that we are specifically designed by mother nature to fool ourselves.”
Source: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
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And that's all, folks.
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I loved the quotes, now I feel like getting those books on my tbr pile.