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15 Philosophy Quotes From "Cicero"

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 1. “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
2. "Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors, and thieves."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
3. "More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.

Indecision is the thief of opportunity.

It will steal you blind."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
4. "The wise are instructed by reason,
average minds by experience,
the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
5. "Poor is the nation that has no heroes,

But poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
6. "A nation can survive its fools, even the ambitious.

But it cannot survive treason from within...

For the traitor appears not to be a traitor...

He rots the soul of a nation...

He infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
7. "Silence is one of the great arts of conversation."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
8. "It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
9. "The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living.

The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time.

Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
10. "If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
11. "The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
12. "There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation.

Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
13. "More laws, less justice."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
14. "Politicians are not born; they are excreted."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
15. “To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?”

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
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1. "The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom."

- Voltaire.

2. "The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes."

- Voltaire.

3. "Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices."

- Voltaire.

4. "Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life.

Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake."

- Voltaire.
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15 Powerful Lessons from the book "Antifragile"

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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1. The book is about decision-making under uncertainty/volatility.

- EVERYTHING either benefits or is harmed by volatility

- The FRAGILE is harmed (think a glass)

- The ROBUST is unchanged (think The Phoenix)

- The ANTIFRAGILE gets better (think The Hydra)

2.

- There is no way to accurately predict WHICH events will occur

- We CAN measure how fragile we are to events

- We CAN take steps to robustify ourselves

- When shit hits the fan, the fragile breaks

- This applies to the economy, politics, health, etc

3. Naive Interventionism

- Systems are COMPLEX

- Most are beyond our understanding

- When we intervene, we introduce potential harm

- These 2nd and 3rd order effects introduce MORE volatility into the system

- This makes systems even less predictable

- STAY in YOUR lane

4. Via Negativa: Removing is superior to Adding

- Less can be More

- Don't add, subtract

- Eliminate the Artificial

- Eliminate the Unnatural

- Eliminate the Unnecessary

Apply these in all areas of your life. When in doubt, SUBTRACT
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15 Life Changing Insights from Swami Vivekananda

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1. We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

- Swami Vivekananda

2. Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea.

Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone.

This is the way to success.

- Swami Vivekananda

3. You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

- Swami Vivekananda

4. You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

- Swami Vivekananda
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10 Powerful Lessons From the Book “The Art of the Good Life”

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1. Peak-end Rule:

You remember the high point and the end point of your holiday, but the rest is forgotten.

Remind to make them as sweet as possible.

2. Plans are nothing. Planning is everything.

A good life is not a stable state or condition.

The good life is only achieved through constant readjustment.

3. Inflexibility as a Stratagem

When it comes to important issues, flexibility isn’t an advantage – it’s a trap.

Use radical inflexibility to reach long-term goals that would be unrealizable if their behavior were more flexible.

4. Reality Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings

Accepting reality is easy when you like what you see, but you’ve got to accept it even when you don’t – especially when you don’t.
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10 Powerful Lessons of the book “The Art of Thinking Clearly”

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1. Never underestimate the hard work and lower probability of success, just because we are shown more successful people than many more actual failures.

It does not mean, in any way, that you should not dream big. It just says that dont get overawed by the number of success stories you read and assume that success would be easy. No one prints the failure stories.

2. Confirmation bias is the mother of all misconceptions.

It is a tendency to interpret new information so that it becomes compatible with our existing theories.

Warren Buffet has seen people losing money with this because they ignore facts which contradict the theory in the mind of the investor.

Dis-confirming evidence must be seeked out to beat this theory.
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1. “I, and I alone, am responsible for everything I think and feel."

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2. “Pain is a fact.

Suffering is a choice."

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3. “No one can compete with you on being you.

Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most."

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4. “The more seriously you take yourself, the unhappier you’re going to be."

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1. “Any person capable of angering you becomes your master."

- Epictetus

2. “Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself."

- Epictetus

3. “Don't just say that you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better."

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4. “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."

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10 timeless ideas to instantly strengthen you...

Read this once for a pick-me-up.

Re-read it daily to realise your fullest potential.

⚡️ Nothing can hurt you when you know you have nothing to protect.

Self-esteem is an illusion.

You can’t damage what is made up.

You are unfathomably bigger than the idea you hold of yourself in your mind.

⚡️ You were already a success the day you were born.

Life is a miracle, and getting here means you already won.

Allow the time you’re alive in the world to play, to create and to thrive from a position of realised strength.

⚡️ Any criticism you receive may seem like an attack, but the perpetrator is always attacking themselves.

It is always a projection rooted in personal insecurity.

It is never about you.

They are resisting their thoughts about you, not you.
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1. “Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

2. “I'm not upset that you lied to me,

I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

3. “You have your way. I have my way.

As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

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Walt amassed a timeless an entrepreneurial empire.

▸ Won 7 Emmy Awards
▸ Earned 59 Nominations
▸ Won 26 Academy Awards

No single figure has shaped American popular culture as much as Walt.

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1. Follow Your Heart:

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."

• Walt's father criticised his every move
• Faced adversity, learn to bounce back

Lesson:

Trust your gut & pursue your goals alone.

2. Competition Is Exciting:

“I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it."

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• A kick in the teeth is a reality check you need

Lesson:

Obstacles will strengthen you more.

3. Appreciate Failure:

“We can't be afraid to fail. A failure we learn from is never a failure at all."

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• He ran towards adversity from foe to ally.

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Behind success stories is a mountain of failures.
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