I like: “be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle” Often mis attributed to Plato
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"just shadowban the oaf"
As currently practiced by all those who fear the populace-driven wrath of the auto-Dang...
Ask HN: What are some life changing quotes?
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#12Arguments about nothing are all the same. - pessimizer, here on HN
Fear is a bad prophet. - Jed Brown
We can't do what we aren't. - Steve Clark
Aristotle said that some people were fit only to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters. - C. S. Lewis
Every real man cries. - Malik Newman
The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the errors to be truths, and the fact that millions of people share the same form of mental pathology does not make these people sane. - Erich Fromm
What we need is a non-oppressive moral absolute. We need moral absolutes that don't turn the bearers of those moral absolutes into oppressors. - Tim Keller
Re: Ask HN: What are some life changing quotes?
#13“You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realise how seldom they actually do.”
David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest.
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#14I have two:
"Step 1: Stay calm"
and,
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" - Ghandi
The first helps me address problems and move forward to solutions. The second will hopefully lead to a better world, however small or large the impact.
Re: Ask HN: What are some life changing quotes?
#15I have a few, some of them are more basic as it's a semi-humorous list compiled for my social media profile and not a truly serious one, but here we go: The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried. Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. C may let you shoot yourself in the foot, C++ may let you blow your whole leg off, but only CRISPR will le…
From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth,
From the laziness that's content with half-truths,
From the arrogance that thinks that it knows all truth,
O God of Truth, deliver me.
Anonymous
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#16"It might not be your fault, but it is your problem."
In other words, improving your life is your responsibility and nobody is going to do it for you.
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#17" Take a simple idea & take it seriously " - Charlie Munger
A good collection of his quotes over time : https://25iq.com/quotations/charlie-munger/
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#18“Sometimes life is like this tunnel. You can’t always see the light at the end of the tunnel, but if you keep moving, you will come to a better place.” — Iroh, Avatar:The Last Airbender s02e20
Re: Ask HN: What are some life changing quotes?
#19I have a few, some of them are more basic as it's a semi-humorous list compiled for my social media profile and not a truly serious one, but here we go: The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried. Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. C may let you shoot yourself in the foot, C++ may let you blow your whole leg off, but only CRISPR will le…
From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth, From the laziness that's content with half-truths, From the arrogance that thinks that it knows all truth, O God of Truth, deliver me. Anonymous
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