“We all step in shit from time to time. We hit roadblocks, we fuck up, we get fucked, we get sick, we don’t get what we want, we cross thousands of “could have done better”s and “wish that wouldn’t have happened”s in life. Stepping in shit is inevitable, so let’s either see it as good luck, or figure out how to do it less often.”
― Greenlights
― Greenlights
“Don’t walk into a place like you wanna buy it, walk in like you own it.”
― Greenlights
― Greenlights
“All destruction eventually leads to construction, all death eventually leads to birth, all pain eventually leads to pleasure. In this life or the next, what goes down will come up. It’s a matter of how we see the challenge in front of us and how we engage with it. Persist, pivot, or concede. It’s up to us, our choice every time.”
― Greenlights
― Greenlights
“Man will become better when you show him what he is like.’ Anton Chekhov (1860”
― Humankind: A Hopeful History
― Humankind: A Hopeful History
“The only way to learn is to live.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
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