Youssef Assad (يوسف اسعد)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssef-assad/
“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today. You are arranging what is in Fortune's control and abandoning what lies in yours.”
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
“الخوف من الموت نابع من خوفنا من شكل الحياة التي نحياها , فالرجل الذي يعيش جيدا يكون مستعدا للموت في أي وقت.”
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“ Every path is the right path. Everything could've been anything else. And it would have just as much meaning.”
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“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. Aristotle”
― Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction
― Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction
Youssef Assad’s 2025 Year in Books
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