Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations we can perform without thinking about them. - Alfred North Whitehead
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Value effectiveness more than comfortability.
Work is love made visible. The goal is not to live forever; the goal is to create something that will. - Khalil Gibran
Don’t reserve rigorous reasoning for trivial pursuits.
Do not act too righteous and do not act too wise, why should you destroy yourself? - Cohelit
It is indecent to display all of one’s goods. What has first to have itself proved is of little value. - Friedrich Nietzsche
"Life mocks our puny attempts to nail down a sure set of parenting rules." - Peter Enns
There is nothing more expensive than that which comes for free. - Chinese proverb
The person who invents the game makes the rules.
"A suboptimal strategy you can live with and execute is better than an optimal one you can't." - William Bernstein (The Intelligent Asset Allocator)
Until you know who you are dealing with, you don’t know what you are dealing with. - Chris Voss, Never Split the Difference
The wise warrior avoids the battle. - Sun Tzu
Never place a period where God has placed a comma. - Gracie Allen
"Life mocks our puny attempts to nail down a sure set of parenting rules." - Peter Enns
When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
Do not act too righteous and do not act too wise, why should you destroy yourself? - Cohelit
He who has learned to disagree without being disagreeable has discovered the most valuable secret of negotiation. - Robert Estabrook
There are two kinds of people who lose money: those who know nothing and those who know everything. - Harry Kaufman
Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear a word you say. - Nick Saban and others
When the facts change I change my mind. - John Maynard Keynes