Certainly work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.
George MacDonald
Quotes
#41 – Casey on Perspective
There is never anything to change but our own perspective.
Karen Casey
#40 – Buffett on Simplicity
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
Warren Buffett
#39 – Kleon on Art
Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.
Austin Kleon
#38 – Unknown on Writing
Your Manuscript Is Good and Original, But What is Original Is Not Good; What Is Good Is Not Original.
Unknown
#37 – Du Bois on Religion
From my 30th year on I have increasingly regarded the church as an institution which defended such evils as slavery, color caste, exploitation of labor and war.
W.E.B. Du Bois
#36 – Hardy on Marriage
People go on marrying because they can’t resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month’s pleasure with a life’s discomfort.
Thomas Hardy
#35 – Linkola on Overpopulation
The worst enemy of life is too much life: the excess of human life.
Pentti Linkola
#34 – JB Peterson on Sanity
I have clients who are nowhere near as insane as their family is, but they’re the people who have been targeted with the mental illness because that’s convenient for everyone involved.
Jordan B. Peterson
#33 – Yang on Healthcare
Our system rewards activity and not helpfulness.
Andrew Yang
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