“If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b) that you are closer to death.”
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
“Calvinist believers were psychologically isolated. Their distance from God could only be precariously bridged, and their inner tensions only partially relieved, by unstinting, purposeful labor.”
― The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism
― The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism
“MAN is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.”
― The Social Contract
― The Social Contract
“But most men don’t expect women to do all the work at home. They just don’t care whether or not the laundry gets done or the beds get made. That’s a critical distinction.”
― The War On Men
― The War On Men
“The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man’s slavery.”
― Autobiography of a Yogi
― Autobiography of a Yogi
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