Death At First Breath
It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow. —Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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Win The Decade
Short term thinking is everywhere. Noisy feuds over little prizes. The long term thinker will be king. Win the decade, not the day. —The Stoic Emperor
When To Be Ignorant
Intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant. —Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Be Yourself
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. —John Dewey
Will Power
A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it. —Alistair Cooke
What Next?
Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next. —Herbert Hoover
Of Money And Mental Health
Money-giving is a good criterion of a person’s mental health. Generous people are rarely mentally ill people. —Karl Menninger