#wisdo

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum. ↗

— Henry Miller

#debate-fodder #intelligence #reading #wisdom #intelligence

They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns) ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#intelligence #iq #truths #wisdom #intelligence

They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom. ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#modern-values #priorities #truths #values #wealth-and-virtues

Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, Love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves. ↗

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

#love #wisdom #life

Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don’t know why, and if we do find out why, it’s decades later and knowing why doesn’t matter any more. ↗

— Douglas Coupland

#wisdom #life

Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now? ↗

— Brian Tracy

#wisdom #life

Wherever you are, however you got there, if it's good, you're meant to be there either because you earned it or life led you there and you were smart enough to hold on. ↗

— Kristen Ashley

#wisdom #life

The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#wisdom #life

My next breath may very well be in your lungs. Store it wisely, because my life depends on it.
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— Jarod Kintz

#breath #future #humor #life #lungs

The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. ↗

— Wallace Stegner

#life-lessons #scars #wisdom #wounds #life