Quotes for Today

 Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Quotes for Today

 Some quotes I hope may resonate with you. 

"Beware false prophets, who will come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits." - Matthew 7:15-16

"Excellence is the next five minutes... Forget the long term. Make the next five minutes rock!" - Tom Peters

"The mind requires some relaxation, and cannot support its bent to care and industry." - David Hume

"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." - Carlos Castaneda

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work." - C.S. Lewis

"It's impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows." - Epictetus

"There are a lot of things in life that only work when you commit. The key to doing anything well is to commit. Not half-in, Not doable. Commit.. The committed person gets both the opportunity and the results." - Shane Parrish

"Be a philosopher, but, amidst all your philosophy, still be a man." - David Hume

Quotes for Today

 Some quotes I hope may resonate with you. 

"Beware false prophets, who will come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits." - Matthew 7:15-16

"Excellence is the next five minutes... Forget the long term. Make the next five minutes rock!" - Tom Peters

"The mind requires some relaxation, and cannot support its bent to care and industry." - David Hume

"Create all the happiness you are able to create: remove all the misery you are able to remove." - Jeremy Bentham 

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"To be free of time is to be free of the psychological need of past for your identity and future for your fulfillment." - Eckhart Tolle

"Can anxious though add a single day to your life?" - Jesus

"Despair, when not in response to absolute physical and moral defeat is, like war, the failure of imagination." - Adrienne Rich

"Be a philosopher, but, amidst all your philosophy, still be a man." - David Hume

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you. 

"I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the waking hours of the day to the making of money for money's sake." - John D. Rockefeller

"Beware false prophets, who will come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits." - Matthew 7:15-16

"Excellence is the next five minutes... Forget the long term. Make the next five minutes rock!" - Tom Peters

"The mind requires some relaxation, and cannot support its bent to care and industry." - David Hume

"Create all the happiness you are able to create: remove all the misery you are able to remove." - Jeremy Bentham 

"It is essential that we not respond impulsively... take a moment before reacting, and you will find it is easier to maintain control." - Epictetus

"Discipline creates opportunity." - Shane Parrish

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Biden's most heartless betrayal.

- Interesting life advice from John D. Rockefeller of all people.

- Hume the Humane. David "Hume believed we were nothing more or less than human: that's why he's the amiable, modest, generous philosopher we need now." 

- Heh Heh - and Chicago to shortly follow suit

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- So now is spanking the hippo a thing? Thankfully not according to the Urban Dictionary (yet)

- Interesting - elephants have a secret weapon against cancer.

- An argument that David Hume is the philosopher (and philosophy) we need today.

- I would counter that it is Hume's good friend Adam Smith who is the philosopher we need today. And that Russ Roberts How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life is the place to start.

- 15 skills you can pick up in a month. Already proficient in 5 on the list but in September I might just look into becoming a notary or learning to juggle.

- SEC sends subpoena to Telsa over Elon Musk's Tweets. It's always something in Musk World.

-  Meanwhile one of Musk's other companies, The Boring Company, announce a planned underground loop to Dodger Stadium. See this is another example why we need the weekly soap opera Musk World.