“It never ceases to amaze me,” Marcus Aurelius wrote, “we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.”

50% of humans live in this circle But why? It's not a coincidence It's because of a single, massive accident Why? Let's zoom in:

“Read. Read as much as possible... Fill yourself with the beautiful stuff of the world… Get amazed. Get astonished. Get awed on a regular basis, so that getting awed is habitual and becomes a state of being.” Nick Cave's advice on life themarginalian.org/2023/04/20/nic…

5 Truths That We Don’t Want to Hear, But Need to Hear:

“I have had to experience so much stupidity, so many vices, so much error, so much nausea, disillusionment and sorrow, just in order to become a child again and begin anew. I had to experience despair, I had to sink to the greatest mental depths, .. in order to experience grace.”

A sign of a great person: they are, as Munger would call it, “indifferent to circumstances” Rick Rubin said: “I’m open to riding whatever wave I’m on” Virginia Woolf put it as “arrange whatever pieces come your way” Byron Katie says “don’t argue with reality” All the same

part of growing up is making your childhood dreams come true, no matter how simple. maybe you always wanted to buy a fuck ton of strawberry pop tarts or travel to austria or sell hand drawn stickers for 50 cents (whatever your kid self thought was a lot of money). DO IT, TRUST ME

"Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly." - Franz Kafka

Today during yoga, the instructor spoke about trees becoming their strongest in autumn. Because they aren’t bearing fruit or producing leaves, all of their energy is pushed down into the roots. So what externally appears as death, is actually the catalyst for new life.

“All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it’s impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.” — Niccolò Machiavelli

everything that is truly right for you

low-key one of the most spiritual quotes of all time

These Are 11 Things Stoics DON'T Do:

“Gaza today has become the moral compass of the world… If you fail to call this a genocide, that’s on you. It is a sin & a darkness you willingly embrace. Some have not even called for a ceasefire— I’m talking about churches.” Rev. Munther Isaac, preaching in Bethlehem 12/23

Resolutions for a life worth living, from Tolstoy to Baldwin to Arendt themarginalian.org/2022/01/01/res…

“Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.” - Rumi

this hits so hard! ❤️‍🔥

If you feel lost in life, read this short story.

The death of Gaudreau and his brother is tragic. And people are rightly placing blame on the drunk driver who hit them. HOWEVER: … the fault isn’t just with the drunk driver… 🧵