Mohamad

“And yet would not anyone admit how much better it is, in place of exerting oneself to win someone else’s wife, to exert oneself to discipline one’s desires; in place of enduring hardships for the sake of money, to train oneself to want little; instead of giving oneself trouble about getting notoriety, to give oneself trouble how not to thirst for notoriety; instead of trying to find a way to injure an envied person, to inquire how not to envy anyone; and instead of slaving, as sycophants do, to win false friends, to undergo suffering in order to possess true friends?”
― Musonius Rufus, That One Should Disdain Hardships: The Teachings of a Roman Stoic

“The great empires of the waking world were driven so mad by what they had forgotten that they decided to slaughter the only people who could still dream.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“They say that things that you own will eventually own you. The things we create for freedom—our machines, our devices—will eventually consume and enslave us.”
― Stefan Aarnio, Dead Man Walking: Hard Times Volume 2

“The Lakers rolled out CBE in October 1986. Eight months later, they were NBA champions. The following year, Pat Riley led his team to another title as the Lakers became the first team in twenty years to win back-to-back NBA championships. Afterward, he said, “Sustaining an effort is the most important thing for any enterprise. The way to be successful is to learn how to do things right, then do them the same way every time.” The CBE program is a prime example of the power of reflection and review. The Lakers were already talented. CBE helped them get the most out of what they had, and made sure their habits improved rather than declined.”
― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones