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An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
The obstacle is the way.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Chronos, Kairos.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
It took me years to play like myself.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
The first step is the steepest.
No one is coming to save you.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Talk is cheap.
Well done is better than well said.
Distraction, focus.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
More before better.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
80:20
Process vs. plan.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Builder, investor, trader.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Realize.
Hare & tortoise.
Generalist, specialist.
+2 vs. x2
The giver is the recipient.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Most people are out of touch with reality because they confuse the world as it is, with the world as they think about it, and talk about it, and describe it.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Said, done.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Work vs. Luck
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Learning.
Building vs. betting.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Hierarchy.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Experience.
More moves and less chat.
