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

“¿Era capaz de ser feliz en soledad? No lo creía. ¿Era capaz de ser feliz en general? Creo que es la clase de preguntas que más vale no hacerse.”
― Michel Houellebecq, Serotonina

“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

“The past is always beautiful. So, for that matter, is the future. Only the present hurts, and we carry it around like an abscess of suffering, our compassion between two infinities of happiness and peace.”
― Michel Houellebecq, Soumission