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We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Movement, action.
Everyone, Someone.
Truth, Perception
More before better.
Experience is up only.
Failure = feedback.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
More ≠ more.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Distraction is dilution.
Vision
Distraction, focus.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Done is better than perfect.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Each man believes only his experience.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Truth, trend.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
No, it took me my whole life.
Do less, do more.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Creativity before productivity.
Process vs. plan.
Numbers obscure nuance.
The first step is the steepest.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
The Overthinker.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Distraction.
It's all relative.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
Hare & tortoise.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
+2 vs. x2
Switching costs.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Building vs. betting.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.