Paul Gilfoy

“Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance and you shall then be ready to part from them with equal composure”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“He must have forgotten that in the mind of a boy, a warning isn’t much different from an invitation.”
― Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

“If you don’t produce, you won’t thrive—no matter how skilled or talented you are.”
― Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

“When we clean obsessively we do indeed get rid of everything, both bad and good. This can not be a good kind of cleanliness. As it happens the higher the hygiene standards in a country the higher that nations incidents of allergies and autoimmune diseases. The more sterile a household is the more its members will suffer from allergies and autoimmune diseases. Thirty years ago about 1 person in 10 had an allergy. Today that figure is 1 in 3. At the same time, the number of infections has not fallen significantly. This is not smart hygiene.”
― Giulia Enders, Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ