“ If you have the courage to put your intellectual integrity before your reputation, nothing can break you. ”
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“ A country’s assets reside in the tinkerers, the hobbyists, and the risk-takers. ”
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“ If you take risks and face your fate with dignity, there is nothing you can do that makes you small; if you don’t take risks, there is nothing you can do that makes you grand, nothing. ”
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“ Only in recent history has “working hard” signaled pride rather than shame for lack of talent, finesse and, mostly, sprezzatura. ”
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“ Stoicism is about the domestication of emotions, not their elimination. ”
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“ A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking. ”
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“ Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking. ”
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“ Intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant. ”
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“ The wise man listens to meaning, the fool only gets the noise. ”
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“ Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behaviour, not because they won or lost. ”
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“ You find peace by coming to terms with what you don’t know. ”
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“ The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder, and the robust doesn’t care too much. ”
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“ Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain. ”
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“ Your reputation is harmed the most by what you say to defend it. ”
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“ It is a sign of weakness to avoid showing signs of weakness. ”
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“ Weak men act to satisfy their needs, stronger men their duties. ”
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“ Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone. ”
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“ If you want to get an idea of a friend’s temperament, ethics, and personal elegance, you need to look at him under the tests of severe circumstances, not under the regular rosy glow of daily life. ”
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“ It certainly takes bravery to remain skeptical; it takes inordinate courage to introspect, to confront oneself, to accept one’s limitations – Scientists are seeing more and more evidence that we are specifically designed by mother nature to fool ourselves. ”
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“ How much you truly “believe” in something can be manifested only through what you are willing to risk for it. ”
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“ The maximum success is reached when you are never busy. ”
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