“The universe is a machine governed by principles or laws – laws that can be understood by the human mind.”
― Brief Answers to the Big Questions
― Brief Answers to the Big Questions
“If you come across any special trait of meanness or stupidity . . . you must be careful not to let it annoy or distress you, but to look upon it merely as an addition to your knowledge—a new fact to be considered in studying the character of humanity. Your attitude towards it will be that of the mineralogist who stumbles upon a very characteristic specimen of a mineral. —Arthur Schopenhauer”
― The Laws of Human Nature
― The Laws of Human Nature
“As a father, I would try to instill the importance of asking questions, always.”
― Brief Answers to the Big Questions
― Brief Answers to the Big Questions
“Making money or being successful should be a natural result of this ideal and not the goal itself.”
― The Laws of Human Nature: Robert Greene
― The Laws of Human Nature: Robert Greene
“Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like. —Anton Chekhov”
― The Laws of Human Nature
― The Laws of Human Nature
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