Category: Quotes

24 quotes for 2024: “I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief.” – C.S. Lewis

I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief. – C.S. Lewis

Another thing I’ve changed my mind on: The world greatly favors aggressive men, over the less so. Not just collectively, but also individually. They need to keep their aggression in check w.r.t. superiors, but others still like to see that boiling rage barely held in check.
-Robin Hanson

as krishnamurti said: “it is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society”

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – TS Eliot

She has an ass below a slender waist
That oppresses us both
It tortures me when I think about it
And tires her when she moves to stand up
-Abu Hasan al-Sari (972 CE)

When people talk about traveling to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small, but barely anyone in the present really thinks that they can radically change the future by doing something small.

Your anger is part of you that knows your mistreatment and abuse are unacceptable. Your anger knows you deserve to be treated well and with kindness. Your anger is a part of you that loves you.

The best thing in life is to waste time on the things you like – Andrew Schulz

One of the reasons so many great artists die of overdoses early in their lives is because they’re using drugs to numb a very painful existence. The reason it’s painful is the reason they became artists in the first place: their incredible sensitivity. – Rick Rubin

I should make sure that I’m sufficiently exhausted from working that no one can keep me up at night. That’s really the only thing I can control. – Jensen Huang

If you don’t have haters, you want to dial it up – Bryan Johnson

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. – Colin Powell

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality – Seneca

No such thing as writers block. It’s just that your standards are too high — Tim Ferriss

Pride is bad, stress is good. I don’t want to feel confident. I want to feel rage. Endless, all-consuming rage. – Agassi

You will never outperform your self-image. Whoever you think you are deep down, you will never climb higher than that.

“In January 2012, I beat Nadal in the finals of the Australian Open. The match lasted five hours and fifty-three minutes. Many commentators have called that match the single greatest tennis match of all time. After I won, I sat in the locker room in Melbourne. I wanted one thing: to taste chocolate. I hadn’t tasted it since the summer of 2010. Miljan brought me a candy bar. I broke off one square—one tiny square—and popped it into my mouth, let it melt on my tongue. That was all I would allow myself. That is what it has taken to get to number one.” – Djokovic

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits – Bruce Lee

Biggest regrets I have are almost exclusively things I did *not* do. — Sam, 47

I was always destined to be that one warrior. Content to be the motherfucker who sharpens his sword alone. — Goggins

All I want to do is make better sushi. I do the same thing over and over, improving bit by bit. There is always a yearning to achieve more. I’ll continue to climb, trying to reach the top, but no one knows where the top is. – Jiro

Always remember that at 42 years old, Lee Kuan Yew was sobbing live on television as his life’s work collapsed into ruin: Singapore had been expelled from Malaysia. It is never over.

None of you seem to understand… I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with ME – Rorschach

When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine – Picasso

23 quotes for 2023: How can he be happy that cannot abide in happiness? – Boethius

You will never outperform your self-image. Whoever you think you are deep down, you will never climb higher than that.

“In January 2012, I beat Nadal in the finals of the Australian Open. The match lasted five hours and fifty-three minutes. Many commentators have called that match the single greatest tennis match of all time. After I won, I sat in the locker room in Melbourne. I wanted one thing: to taste chocolate. I hadn’t tasted it since the summer of 2010. Miljan brought me a candy bar. I broke off one square—one tiny square—and popped it into my mouth, let it melt on my tongue. That was all I would allow myself. That is what it has taken to get to number one.” – Djokovic

In any bond of depth and significance, forgive, forgive, forgive. And then forgive again – Maria Popova

Inwardly, psychologically, be a nobody. – Bruce Lee

Biggest regrets I have are almost exclusively things I did *not* do. — Sam, 47

I was always destined to be that one warrior. Content to be the motherfucker who sharpens his sword alone. — David Goggins

We’re bold people, aren’t we? That’s the beauty – Peaky Blinders

You can make magic by going farther than most other people think is reasonable. When Warren (Buffett) was asked, “How’d you do it?” He said, “I read a couple thousand financial statements a year.”

All I want to do is make better sushi. I do the same thing over and over, improving bit by bit. There is always a yearning to achieve more. I’ll continue to climb, trying to reach the top, but no one knows where the top is. – Jiro

I do not like the idea of happiness — it is too momentary. I would say that I was always busy and interested in something — interest has more meaning to me than the idea of happiness. – Georgia O’Keefe

Always remember that at 42 years old, Lee Kuan Yew was sobbing live on television as his life’s work collapsed into ruin: Singapore had been expelled from Malaysia. It is never over.

Cut it out with the introspection. The mind is a den of scorpions better left running from, not towards. – Vigilante

Every time I work I know I’m going to experience an ungodly amount of humiliation. It’s just how it’s gonna go. There’s no way I can get through it without being humiliated. That’s part of like…letting go in some ways. – Joaquin Phoenix

I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. – Jordan

When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine – Picasso

In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable. – Rob Arnott

Rather than steering your life to avoid surprises, aim directly for them – Kevin Kelly

One sign that determination matters more than talent: there are lots of talented people who never achieve anything, but not that many determined people who don’t. – Paul Graham

I would say being able to stay present in the work…is probably the most important part of it. – Rick Rubin

A vibe is an emotion pretending to be an explanation – Venkatesh Rao

I think I could potentially train harder, because you wanna be as close as possible to being injured, without actually being injured. And I haven’t pushed it as far as being injured yet, so, maybe I haven’t pushed it enough. – Magnus Mitdbo

How can he be happy that cannot abide in happiness? – Boethius

One lesson I’ve learned is that if the job I do were easy, I wouldn’t derive so much satisfaction from it. The thrill of winning is in direct proportion to the effort I put in before. I also know, from long experience, that if you make an effort in training when you don’t especially feel like making it, the payoff is that you will win games when you are not feeling your best. That is how you win championships, that is what separates the great player from the merely good player. The difference lies in how well you’ve prepared. – Nadal

From the seed-bed
The Dharma raises flowers.
Yet there is no seed
Nor are there flowers.

Two of world’s best chefs have tea: Jiro Ono and Rene Redzepi

I already shared this before, but I love the video and conversation so much that I rewatched it and took notes again.

Rene Redzepi and Jiro have a cup of tea

If you start saying “I don’t like this” or “this isn’t the job for me” you won’t become an expert in anything

If you don’t learn to love your work and remind your brain to make new steps every day, there can be no progress

How does he balance tradition and innovation
Innovation is good if what it creates is tastier than what existed before
If you are doing something new, it has to be an improvement on what came before

When did Jiro san feel he was a master?
Let’s say it’s 50. There is a lot of failure before that. You go through failures and success and more failures for years until it feels like you have achieved what you had in mind the whole time

Did he ever wanna stop?
No. Never. I never considered that question. The only question was, “How can I get better?”
Son: “I have been working at this for 37 years and I still feel I have only achieved half of what my father has. I am always chasing my father. Sometimes I feel like I am getting closer, but then I remember just how far I have to go”

I didn’t think to myself that I didn’t want to lose. I told myself that I wanted to overtake the others.

I can work. That’s the first and most important thing. I can work. After that, it’s especially great if you enjoy what you do.

The person who has hit 60 or 70 and has achieved what they originally set out to do will never say “That’s enough”. They’ll keep looking for the next step, the next goal. I can assure you. Human are like that. When you have achieved something or begun to have a sense of accomplishment, you’re not going to say “This is enough”. You think about how you can challenge yourself in a new way

But from that struggle you can be bold and improve

If you aren’t a strong willed person, you can’t get to this. (Son: And you are sensitive, too). Both have to be there to become like this. See, the person who is recognized by the whole world wouldn’t ever quit so easily. They have so much skill. That’s why they have garnered so much attention.

Jake Paul: “You’re also gonna have battle scars if you have no ambition in life…”

Yup, that Jake Paul:

Everything in life is hard. It’s never going to be easy. You’re gonna have battle scars if you’re out in the world trying to cure world hunger or start a sports betting company or a VC fund, you’re gonna have battle scars, you’re also gonna have battle scars if you have no ambition in life, and you just sit on the couch everyday, cause your battle scars are just gonna be sadness and loneliness. So your battle scars are always gonna be there, while you’re trying to accomplish everything, or you’re just lazy and sitting there every day. Both are hard, so which one will you choose?

Recent interesting quotes: “Trust your instincts. Don’t think, just do.” – Tom Cruise in Top Gun

If we want everything to remain as it is, everything must change. – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Trust your instincts. Don’t think, just do. – Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick

A true believer, that one. There are few things so dangerous in a man as lack of doubt – from God of War

Today Jack (Nicklaus) plays such sensational golf with such apparent ease that many people who watch him probably gain the impression that his skills are heaven-sent rather than self-developed. That isn’t true. No one ever worked harder at golf than Nicklaus during his teens and early twenties. At the age of ten, in his first year of golf, Jack must have averaged three hundred practice shots and at least eighteen holes of play daily. In later years, he would often hit double that number of practice shots and play thirty-six — even fifty-four — holes of golf a day during the summer. I have seen him practice for hours in rain, violent winds, snow, intense heat — nothing would keep him away from golf. Even a slight case of polio failed to prevent him from turning up for a golf match.

Excellence is the capacity to take pain – Four Seasons founder

I think I could potentially train harder, because you wanna be as close as possible to being injured, without actually being injured. And I haven’t pushed it as far as being injured yet, so, maybe I haven’t pushed it enough. – Magnus Mitdbo

The reality is that everyone is a basket case on the inside. Some people just hide it better. Find me a normal person and I’ll show you someone you don’t know that well. – Scott Adams

One lesson I’ve learned is that if the job I do were easy, I wouldn’t derive so much satisfaction from it. The thrill of winning is in direct proportion to the effort I put in before. I also know, from long experience, that if you make an effort in training when you don’t especially feel like making it, the payoff is that you will win games when you are not feeling your best. That is how you win championships, that is what separates the great player from the merely good player. The difference lies in how well you’ve prepared. – Nadal

From the seed-bed
The Dharma raises flowers.
Yet there is no seed
Nor are there flowers.

Ser Otto Hightower : And yet I’ve never seen that side of you, my daughter. I even doubted its existence.
Queen Alicent Hightower : It was an ugly thing. I regret it.
Ser Otto Hightower : We play an ugly game. And now, for the first time, I see that you have the determination to win it.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.

As you start to walk on the way, the way appears. – Rumi