Val Dostalek

“The fastest way to sound unintelligent is to say, “This idea is wrong.” (That idea may be wrong for you, but it exists because it is right to someone else.)”
― Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

“Eric Greitens says that there are three primary forms of happiness: the happiness of pleasure, the happiness of grace, and the happiness of excellence5”
― Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

“We want to be authors but have no desire to develop the discipline it takes to sit down and write for four hours a day for years on end. We want to be legends and geniuses and masters, but care little to develop the discipline it would require to log our 10,000 hours—so to say.”
― Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

“To drink in excess, for example—the happiness of pleasure—is common when the happiness of excellence isn’t being pursued. But it is not, and will never be, the solution. “Lots and lots of red will never make blue. Pleasures will never make you whole.”
― Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think