Mikhail Costa

“Avoidance of boredom is the only worthy mode of action. Life otherwise is not worth living.)”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder

“Today, teachers tend to look for their students’ intellectual strengths, so they can cultivate them. But a century ago, professors tended to look for their students’ moral weaknesses, so they could correct them.”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character

“Start by being nice to every person you meet. But if someone tries to exercise power over you, exercise power over him.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

“El mundo exterior era duro, implacable con los débiles, no cumplía nunca sus promesas, y el amor seguía siendo lo único en lo que todavía se podía, quizá, tener fe.”
― Michel Houellebecq, Serotonina