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Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
On Starting Over
Without music, life would be a mistake.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
On Purpose
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
On Purpose
The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
On Confidence
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
On Purpose
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
On Focus & Distraction
Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man's?
— Friedrich Nietzsche
On Purpose
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
On Confidence
The doer alone learneth.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
On the Working Life
Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.
— Steve Jobs
On Focus & Distraction
Focus is about saying no.
— Steve Jobs
On Focus & Distraction
Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and…
— Steve Jobs
On the Working Life
Your actions reveal your real values.
— Mark Manson
On Discipline
The right thing is rarely the easy thing.
— Mark Manson
On Discipline
The problem isn't you. The problem is the world told you what you should care about.
— Mark Manson
On Purpose
Maturity is what happens when one learns to only give a f*ck about what's truly f*ckworthy.
— Mark Manson
On Focus & Distraction
Action isn't just the effect of motivation; it's also the cause of it.
— Mark Manson
On Discipline
You and everyone you know are going to be dead soon. And in the short amount of time between here and there, you have a…
— Mark Manson
On Focus & Distraction
The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience.
— Mark Manson
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
Who you are is defined by what you're willing to struggle for.
— Mark Manson
On Purpose
Everything worthwhile in life is won through surmounting the associated negative experience.
— Mark Manson
On Discipline
Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.
— Miyamoto Musashi
On Focus & Distraction
It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet.
— Miyamoto Musashi
On Focus & Distraction
Get beyond love and grief: exist for the good of man.
— Miyamoto Musashi
On Purpose
Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.
— Miyamoto Musashi
On Discipline
Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.
— Miyamoto Musashi
On Discipline
Accept everything just the way it is.
— Miyamoto Musashi
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain.
— Miyamoto Musashi
On the Working Life
Do not regret what you have done.
— Miyamoto Musashi
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Eve…
— Miyamoto Musashi
On Confidence