“Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.” The”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Ever more scholars see cultures as a kind of mental infection or parasite, with humans as its unwitting host. Organic parasites, such as viruses, live inside the body of their hosts. They multiply and spread from one host to the other, feeding off their hosts, weakening them, and sometimes even killing them. As long as the hosts live long enough to pass along the parasite, it cares little about the condition of its host. In just this fashion, cultural ideas live inside the minds of humans. They multiply and spread from one host to another, occasionally weakening the hosts and sometimes even killing them.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“To attain real happiness, humans need to slow down the pursuit of pleasant sensations, not accelerate it.”
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Brick walls are there for a reason. And once you get over them—even if someone has practically had to throw you over—it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
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