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| acaa9fd | Bernard insisted on having 'just one more go', and in doing so used up mine and Steve's tracks, wiping them, so by the time Martin finally threw up his hands and told us to fuck off, Barney's was the only vocal left on tape. Which is pretty much how he became our singer. | Peter Hook | ||
| 6bd852d | That those who aim at happiness for happiness's sake often fail to find it, whereas others find happiness in pursuing altogether different goals, has been called 'the paradox of hedonism'. It is not, of course, a logical paradox but a claim about the way in which we come to be happy. Like other generalizations on this subject, it lacks empirical confirmation. Yet it matches our everyday observations and is consistent with our nature as evol.. | inspirational meaning-of-life | Peter Singer | |
| 231af36 | Despite my deep unease about animal advocates working for things we don't want and asking for changes we don't believe in, I am not an "abolitionist." First, the abolition of animal slavery will no more end speciesism by itself than the abolition of American slavery ended racism. To change the world, I think we should aim higher. Second, I'm increasingly convinced that no matter who uses the term, it hides a slur. When used to refer to othe.. | advocacy animal-rights grassroots philosophy veganism | Sarahjane Blum | |
| 8f62540 | Science does not stand still, and neither does philosophy, although the latter has a tendency to walk in circles. | Peter Singer | ||
| 078b244 | Just as a rat can be conditioned to press a lever in return for a reward of food, so a human being can be conditioned by professional rewards to ignore the ethical issues raised by animal experiments. | Peter Singer | ||
| 1254551 | In my rules of a group: never let the singer do his own backing vocals. To me it sounds weird. When Ian was alive he made sure that the other members had a go because that's what you do in a group. It's a group. Not just a bunch of musicians backing the singer. | Peter Hook | ||
| eefb715 | But that's the nice thing about lawyers: as long as you're paying them, they're usually good with whatever terms go along with it. Compartmentalization is their job. It's how they represent people who are guilty, how they file long motions they know are unlikely to be successful, how they can patiently keep secrets that they'd otherwise love to be able to share. Harder was nearly twenty years into his legal career when he was first approach.. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| c0fdc75 | Archaeology is destruction. | Archaeology | ||
| 6563830 | History is too serious to be left to historians. | Archaeology | ||
| 685d0a0 | This is how the bow wounds! To death, to havoc, to ruin! | Archery | ||
| c2cdf0d | Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| e0570a8 | what is natural in one place can seem unnatural in another, and some concepts travel rather poorly, if at all. | Mohsin Hamid | ||
| 8c616e0 | Let flyThe bow of speech thou to the barb hast drawn. | Archery | ||
| 200ed76 | We must give up many things to which we are addicted, considering them to be good. Otherwise, courage will vanish, which should continually test itself. Greatness of soul will be lost, which can't stand out unless it disdains as petty what the mob regards as most desirable. --SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 74.12b-13 What we consider to be harmless indulgences can easily become full-blown addictions. We start with coffee in the morning, and soon eno.. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| f372157 | It doesn't matter how many people know about you or how they find out about you. It matters how many sign up. If handing out flyers on the street corner accomplishes that, then consider it growth hacking. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| b9d2067 | just begin the work. The rest follows. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 20b34a9 | how you can feel less busy? Start by learning the power of "No!"--as in "No, thank you," and "No, I'm not going to get caught up in that," and "No, I just can't right now." | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 4788a20 | the more you say no to the things that don't matter, the more you can say yes to the things that do. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 57b5831 | We must give up many things to which we are addicted, considering them to be good. Otherwise, courage will vanish, which should continually test itself. Greatness of soul will be lost, which can't stand out unless it disdains as petty what the mob regards as most desirable. --SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 74.12b-13 | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 8af2b40 | You don't control the situation, but you control what you think about it. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| fc66d5f | For if a person shifts their caution to their own reasoned choices and the acts of those choices, they will at the same time gain the will to avoid, but if they shift their caution away from their own reasoned choices to things not under their control, seeking to avoid what is controlled by others, they will then be agitated, fearful, and unstable." --EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.1.12" | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 2e57682 | the only thing you truly possess is your ability to make choices (and to use reason and judgment when doing so). | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 59bd9f1 | According to the Stoics, the circle of control contains just one thing: YOUR MIND. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 947be5c | The image of the Zen philosopher is the monk up in the green, quiet hills, or in a beautiful temple on some rocky cliff. The Stoics are the antithesis of this idea. Instead, they are the man in the marketplace, the senator in the Forum, the brave wife waiting for her soldier to return from battle, the sculptor busy in her studio. Still, the Stoic is equally at peace. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 0784a02 | From Rusticus ... I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree too quickly with those who have a lot to say about something." --MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 1.7.3" | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 6de7c5d | approach each task as if it is your last, giving up every distraction, emotional subversion of reason, and all drama, vanity, and complaint over your fair share. You can see how mastery over a few things makes it possible to live an abundant and devout life--for, if you keep watch over these things, the gods won't ask for more." --MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 2.5" -- | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 841776f | Do I need this thing? What will happen if I do not get it? Can I make do without it? | Ryan Holiday | ||
| e06f726 | Ask yourself: Is that really worth it? Is it really that pleasurable? Consider that when you crave something or contemplate indulging in a "harmless" vice." | Ryan Holiday | ||
| c92e4cb | The little compulsions and drives we have not only chip away at our freedom and sovereignty, they cloud our clarity. We think we're in control--but are we really? | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 2953f7a | What is the fruit of these teachings? Only the most beautiful and proper harvest of the truly educated--tranquility, fearlessness, and freedom. We should not trust the masses who say only the free can be educated, but rather the lovers of wisdom who say that only the educated are free." --EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.1.21-23a" | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 0db8949 | We will learn that though we think big, we must act and live small in order to accomplish what we seek." Ryan Holiday, Ego is the Enemy, pg 22" | Ryan Holiday | ||
| b08d82b | When it comes to money, where we feel our clear interest, we have an entire art where the tester uses many means to discover the worth . . . just as we give great attention to judging things that might steer us badly. But when it comes to our own ruling principle, we yawn and doze off, accepting any appearance that flashes by without counting the cost." --EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.20.8; 11" | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 4bffc5a | In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases. --SENECA | Ryan Holiday | ||
| ab8226f | CLARIFY YOUR INTENTIONS "Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It's not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad." --SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 12.5" | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 609bea9 | reclaim the ability to abstain because within it is your clarity and self-control. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 32490af | Eventually, all of us will pass away and slowly be forgotten. We should enjoy this brief time we have on earth--not be enslaved to emotions that make us miserable and dissatisfied. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| e75efc8 | If you want to be steady, if you want clarity, proper judgment is the best way. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 75c8c73 | Epictetus is reminding you that serenity and stability are results of your choices and judgment, not your environment. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 8b63e42 | The single most important practice in Stoic philosophy is differentiating between what we can change and what we can't. What we have influence over and what we do not. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 9d608f5 | The good things in life cost what they cost. The unnecessary things are not worth it at any price. The key is being aware of the difference. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| d4aa767 | Are we doing things for the right reasons? Or do we act because we haven't stopped to think? Or do we believe that we have to do something? | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 268895f | To quote Fight Club again, "We buy things we don't need, to impress people we don't like." | Ryan Holiday | ||
| ac90175 | The more things we desire and the more we have to do to earn or attain those achievements, the less we actually enjoy our lives--and the less free we are. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| d06473e | NEVER DO ANYTHING OUT OF HABIT "So in the majority of other things, we address circumstances not in accordance with the right assumptions, but mostly by following wretched habit. Since all that I've said is the case, the person in training must seek to rise above, so as to stop seeking out pleasure and steering away from pain; to stop clinging to living and abhorring death; and in the case of property and money, to stop valuing receiving ov.. | Ryan Holiday |