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“Everything in moderation, including moderation.”
― Oscar Wilde

“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”
― Carl Jung

“The best things in life are free. The second best things are very, very expensive.”
― Coco Chanel

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey

“These five values are both unconventional and uncomfortable. But, to me, they are life-changing. The first, which we’ll look at in the next chapter, is a radical form of responsibility: taking responsibility for everything that occurs in your life, regardless of who’s at fault. The second is uncertainty: the acknowledgement of your own ignorance and the cultivation of constant doubt in your own beliefs. The next is failure: the willingness to discover your own flaws and mistakes so that they may be improved upon. The fourth is rejection: the ability to both say and hear no, thus clearly defining what you will and will not accept in your life. The final value is the contemplation of one’s own mortality; this one is crucial, because paying vigilant attention to one’s own death is perhaps the only thing capable of helping us keep all our other values in proper perspective.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“The grass is always greener on the side that’s fertilized with bullshit.”
― Morgan Housel

“The best lie is wrapped around a core of truth.”
― Michael Scott, The Magician

“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain

“Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous”
― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

“If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

“The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”
― Lao Tzu, Te-Tao Ching

“Impatience with actions, patience with results.”
― Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

“A healthy man wants a thousand things, a sick man only wants one.”
― Confucius

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“20 years from now, the only people who will remember that you worked late are your kids”
― David Clarke

“Don’t just do something. Stand there. —Rochelle Myer”
― David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity