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    “Be suspicious of anyone dangling the lure of something for nothing. Get-rich-quick schemes are scams. The lottery is really a tax on the mathematically illiterate. There are no shortcuts to power.”

    Robert Greene, The Daily Laws (Page 185)

      “It’s taken me many years of being overly competitive with those around me to discover that it’s impossible to be totally happy whilst competitive because it’s impossible to be competitive without being comparative.”

      Cole Schafer

        “It is a great happiness to have what you desire; but it is an even greater happiness not to want more than you already have.”

        Menedemus, via A Calendar of Wisdom (Page 156)

          “Who is a wise man?—He who studies all the time.

          Who is strong?—He who can limit himself.

          Who is rich?—He who is happy with what he has.”

          The Talmud, via A Calendar of Wisdom (Page 156)

            “People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.”

            Joseph Campbell

              “The irony is that this ‘fake it till you make it’ tactic is the exact opposite of how truly successful people live. They live with authentic vulnerability because they know that the world always connects more with your grit than your shine. They might show up for the shine, but they will stay because of your grit.”

              Joshua Medcalf, Pound The Stone

                “There’s a phrase out there that says, ‘Sometimes you win. Sometimes you learn.’ I can’t stand that phrase. And the reason I can’t stand that phrase is because it implies two things. It implies that you can’t learn from winning. Like you win or you learn? No, you can learn a lot from winning. Success leaves clues. What it also implies, losing is some word that no one says of, ‘Oh, I didn’t lose. I learned.’ No, you lost. Own it. You lost, you got beat today, and that’s life you’re going to lose sometimes. And instead of flowering it up and saying, “No, no, I didn’t lose. I just ran out of time. I didn’t lose.” No, you lost.”

                Justin Su’a, via Farnam Street Blog

                  “Remember this: weak character will neutralize all of the other possible good qualities a person might possess. For instance, people of high intelligence but weak character may come up with good ideas and even do a job well, but they will crumble under pressure, or they will not take too kindly to criticism, or they will think first and foremost of their own agenda, or their arrogance and annoying qualities will cause others around them to quit, harming the general environment. There are hidden costs to working with them or hiring them.”

                  Robert Greene, The Daily Laws (Page 182)