Tradition in some ways is the wisdom of people who lived before us. And in other ways, tradition is peer pressure exerted by dead people
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God is within us — עִמָּנוּאֵל
Mathematician, logician, neo-monk
Wise as serpents, harmless as doves
“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
True freedom has no ‘I’ that’s free — because the ‘I’ was the prison all along
How deeply do you believe that change is possible?
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
As long as you are standing, give a hand to those who have fallen
Transparency only feels like interrogation when you are guarding a lie
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
Without darkness we would never appreciate light
To say that you don’t want pain anymore means you don’t want to grow anymore
Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love
— Nassim Taleb
Curiosity is compound interest for your brain
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.”
Delivery shouldn’t matter, because truth is truth. If you care about delivery it means you care about man more than you do God; that means you want to be told what you want to hear, not what you need to hear — that’s what ego is
An honest man is always a child
— Socrates
We bear all the wounds of all the battles we avoided
He who is intelligent does not seek to impress, but to understand
— Marcus Aurelius
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion
— Dale Carnegie
Forgive yourself for not knowing earlier what only time could teach