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Reason for being
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Building vs. betting.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
When you feel like giving up is precisely the point everybody else gives up. So it’s at that point that you must put in extra effort.
Resistance lifts.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Creativity before productivity.
You are what you think you are.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Well done is better than well said.
Knowing vs. understanding.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Builder, investor, trader.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
More before better.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Realize.
Done is better than perfect.
Generalist, specialist.
You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
It took me years to play like myself.
Mindset vs. Mind set
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Comfort vs. pain.
Experience.
Everyone, Someone.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Perspective.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Work vs. Luck
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Slow down.
More moves and less chat.
Chronos, Kairos.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Alan Watts
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
