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