In modern times, in my opinion, either everything is a moral question or there are no more moral questions. Nowadays, there are no compromises or there are only compromises.
– from The World According to Garp book by John Irving
Category: Quotes
Religion was simply a means to …
Religion was simply a means to rein in the barbaric section of the population.
– from Anna Karenina book by Leo Tolstoy
The people we argue with hardest …
The people we argue with hardest of all are not the ones who are completely different from us, but the ones who are almost no different at all.
– from Anxious People book by Fredrik Backman
Let the past go. Be at …
Let the past go. Be at ease. Allow the future to arrive at its own pace, unfurling its secrets when it will.
– from The Palace of Illusions book by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
In the end, maybe love just …
In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.
– from Ruin and Rising book by Leigh Bardugo
Retirement is when you stop sacrificing …
Retirement is when you stop sacrificing today for an imaginary tomorrow. When today is complete, in and of itself, you’re retired.
– from The Almanack of Naval Ravikant book by Eric Jorgenson
The night sky is a map …
The night sky is a map, and once you know how to read it, it will always be there. You’ll never be lost.
– from Atmosphere book by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The essential ingredients for creativity remain …
The essential ingredients for creativity remain exactly the same for everybody: courage, enchantment, permission, persistence, trust – and those elements are universally accessible. Which does not mean that creative living is always easy; it merely means that creative living is always possible.
– from Big Magic book by Elizabeth Gilbert
Many bets fail not because they …
Many bets fail not because they were wrong, but because they were mostly right in a situation that required things to be exactly right. Room for error – often called margin of safety – is one of the most underappreciated forces in finance. It comes in many forms: A frugal budget, flexible thinking, and a loose timeline – anything that lets you live happily with a range of outcomes.
– from The Psychology of Money book by Morgan Housel
Ambition without implementation is a ridiculous …
Ambition without implementation is a ridiculous delusion.
– from The 5 AM Club book by Robin Sharma