“Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing.”
- Dalinar Kholin
I am typically this when someone accuses me of being a hypocrite. Either way, I certainly do tolerate it though, in fact I have a system for it.
Whoa I’ve never thought this thought. Thank you for sharing.
Life before death, Radiant.
I’m a simple man:
“What day is it?” asked Pooh.
“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favorite day,” said Pooh.
Based pooh
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
Anatole France
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The willow knows what the storm does not: that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
From the Magic: The Gathering card “Blood of the Martyr”
Those who will not follow are doomed to lead.
From the Magic: The Gathering card “Anarchist”
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
When working on an office, it’s great and all that you have “the power of accurate observation” but god our Debbie downer is insufferable.
That’s a pretty accurate way of looking at things.
This too shall pass.
No matter how good or bad your life is, there will ways be change.
That works both ways though. Even the fable where the quote originated had that as a takeaway.
I’m paraphrasing but it was something along the lines of
‘Something that will make me sad when I am happy and happy when I am sad’
The story goes, or the way that I was told, there was a king that always felt too high and then he felt too low. And so he called all his wise men to the hall, and he begged them for a gift to end the rises and the falls. But here’s the thing—they came back with a ring. It was simple, and was plainly unbefitting of a king, and engraved in black—well it had no front or back, but there were words around the band that said “just know this too shall pass.”
“The problem with internet quotes is that you cannot always depend on their accuracy.”
― Abraham Lincoln 1864
“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.”
- H.G. Wells
“1 in a million chances happen 9 times out of 10”
— Terry PratchettRemoved by mod
He’s also easy to read. Too often I see a comment with this much text and lose interest instantly, but I didn’t even notice that this comment doesn’t even fit on my screen until I started typing this
”A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts.” Alan Watts
I think it’s just a reminder of the pointlessness of overthinking. I find it poignant because I spend a lot of time lost in rumination, myself
David Foster Wallace: You’ll stop worrying* what others think about you when you realize how seldom they do.
* It might ‘caring’ rather than ‘worrying’, I’m not sure, and can’t be bothered finding the book to check it.
It’s also possible that DFW didn’t coin this phrase.
“Change and comfort rarely come together”
- Unattributed quote from a manager I work with
Change your perspective… and the reality changes!
That’s what a daycare npc told me in Pokemon Black. Although I haven’t really found much use for the quote, it has stuck with me for long.
“To know which questions are unanswerable, and to not answer them: this is the skill that is most needful in times of stress and darkness.”
- Ursula K. LeGuin, The Left Hand of Darkness
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.
Or, if you like it more pithy: “The difference between theory and practice is larger in practice than it is in theory.”
