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“Nothing in the world is harder than speaking the truth and nothing easier than flattery.If there’s the hundredth part of a false note in speaking the truth, it leads to a discord, and that leads to trouble.But if all, to the last note, is false in flattery, it is just as agreeable, and is heard not without satisfaction. It may be a coarse satisfaction, but still a satisfaction. And however coarse the flattery, at least half will be sure to seem true. That’s so for all stages of development and classes of society. -Svidrigailov (Crime and Punishment)”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“The only way to become excellent is to be endlessly fascinated by doing the same thing over and over. You have to fall in love with boredom.”
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“It [evil] is really a term, much like beauty, which says more about the viewer than the object.”
― The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion
― The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion
“Our genes do not eliminate the need for hard work. They clarify it.”
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“It takes me a solid three miles to get going, but surprisingly, once we find out pace and break a sweat, my legs really loosen up. In fact, I go from feeling like a stick figure to [...] feel[ing] really good—real good. Odd. I mention it to SEAL as we run and he just replies, “Jesse, I really don’t give a fuck.”
― Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
― Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
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