Quotes

"Honesty without kindness is brutality. Kindness without honesty is manipulation." — Unknown

"Committees do harm merely by existing." — Freeman Dyson

"There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." — George Orwell

"No monumental evil act in the history of mankind has been committed by anyone who thought of themselves as “evil” — on the contrary, the worse the (objective) evil, the more the perpetrator was completely convinced of the goodness of himself and of his “purification”." — Eric Naggum

"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." — Hanlon’s razor

"The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it’s conformity." — John Perry Barlow

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." — John F. Kennedy

"We’re all critics, we’re all so good at recognizing what’s shitty about something… but then we’re all so bad at making something. So just make something bad and then criticize it until it’s good." — Dan Harmon

"Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75" — Ben Franklin (contested)

"Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don't think about what you want to be, but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of a minimum with other things so that society doesn't stop you from doing anything at all." — Richard Feynman

“Worry is a misuse of your imagination”. — Dan Zadra

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.” — Thomas Sowell

“When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.” — Thomas Sowell

"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." — Charles Stewart (contested)

"How to feel better. Overthinking? Write. Anxious? Meditate. Tired? Nap. Sad? Exercise. Stressed? Go for a walk. Angry? Listen to music. Lazy? Reduce screen time. Burnt out? Read." — Unknown

"Whatever is especially distinctive about your life, people will talk about it in order to make conversation. And their experience with it will naturally be more superficial. It's mean to mock them for it - this is normal and harmless." — Paul Graham

"It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process, is to guarantee disappointment." — James Clear

"When you pay attention to detail, the big picture will take care of itself." — George St-Pierre

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." — George Bernard Shaw