— Bronnie Ware from ”Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing.” Top five regrets of the dying “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” “I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.” “I wish I’d had the …
— Richard Pryor (as Mudbone) in Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip @ minute 58 ”… that’s all there is. There ain’t no point to it. Because you did not ask to come to this motherfucker and you sure can’t choose how to leave. You don’t know when you are going to go. Don’t take …
— Thich Nhat Hanh ”When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame …
— Harvey S. Firestone (written in 1926) (T/H to Farnam Street)
(Link) Dear Frau V., Your questions are unanswerable because you want to know how one ought to live. One lives as one can. There is no single, definite way for the individual which is prescribed for him or would be the proper one. If that’s what you want you had best join the Catholic Church, where they tell …
— https://moretothat.com/the-many-worlds-of-enough/ “… But for the most part, you’ve entered the domain of greed when you no longer pursue an endeavor because you’re curious about it. It’s when the coldness of utility replaces the warmth of curiosity. Ambition morphs into greed when you stop listening to your inner compass, and start paying attention to what …