“in the age of information overload, THE ULTIMATE LUXURY IS MEANING AND CONTEXT.”
– Louis Rossetto

“on some days, i’m a heart holding on to a body, and on others, i’m a body holding on to a heart.”

— Abdulsamad S. M.

Franz Kafka’s diary entry for Aug. 2, 1914 reads :“Germany has declared war on Russia. Swimming in the afternoon.”

Solvitur ambulando (Latin: [ˈsolwitur ambuˈlandoː]) is a Latin phrase which means "it is solved by walking", referring to an anecdotal, practical solution to a seemingly complex philosophical problem. It is often attributed to Saint Augustine in a refutation of Zeno's paradoxes of motion.[1]

A centipede was happy – quite!
Until a toad in fun
Said, "Pray, which leg moves after which?"
This raised her doubts to such a pitch,
She fell exhausted in the ditch
Not knowing how to run.
—Katherine Craster (1841–1874)

Headline: “Women who own horses live longer.”
Implied correlation: Horses make you live longer.
Reality: If you own a horse, you can likely afford health insurance.

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“Friction-maxxing is … the process of building up tolerance for ‘inconvenience’ (which is usually not inconvenience at all but just the vagaries of being a person living with other people in spaces that are impossible to completely control) – and then reaching even toward enjoyment. And then, it’s modelling this tolerance, followed by enjoyment and humour, for our kids.”

Art is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time.
— Jean-Michel Basquiat

Nobody realizes that some people expend a tremendous energy trying to be normal.” —Albert Camus

Louise Glück put it: “You look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.

First: a set of suggested timeless resolutions that I stole from Jason Zweig.

“Listening to what someone else is saying without hearing what you already think is one of the hardest challenges for the human mind. When you listen, listen as if your life depends on it. Otherwise, you’ll just hear your own words coming out of someone else’s mouth.”
“Say ‘I don’t know’ at least 10 times a day. That will disqualify you for a career in politics but make you a better person.”
“Introduce yourself to all the people at your job whom you see every day but haven’t met yet. …”
“Most of what passes for modesty in this world is just posturing meant to elicit praise. There is no such thing as humility; there is only realism about how much of your life you owe to luck. Always keep that foremost in your mind, and people will think you are humble.”
“Don’t laugh at things you don’t understand. Take the time and trouble to understand them first. Most likely, you will find that once you understand them,...

"I do think awful things may happen at any moment, so while they are not happening, you may as well be pleased"
―Nigella Lawson

“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one,” Tad writes, noting that a life can be divided into three stages: “Youth, Maturity, and You Look Great.”

You don’t remember the times your dad held your handle bars. You remember the day he let go.
– Lenore Skenazy

“We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail”
— Malcolm Gladwell

"Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness"
―Allen Ginsberg

We must trust in what is difficult; everything alive trusts in it.
– Rainer Maria Rilke