“You have to go to bed wiser than you got up. As you try to master what you are trying to do - people who do that almost never fail utterly. Very few have ever failed with that approach. You amy rise slowly, but you are sure to rise.”
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“Never say to a third party something about someone that you do not plan to say to the person himself.”
― Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No
― Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No
“Ignoring the vices of our friends and the virtues of our enemies sets us up for nasty surprises.”
― Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?
― Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?
“The secret to being successful in any field is getting very interested in it... I could force myself to be fairly good in a lot of things, but I couldn't excel in anything in which I didn't have an intense interest”
― All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There
― All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There
“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know. That takes an enormous amount of courage.”
― The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
― The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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