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Marcus Aurelius

What we do now echoes in eternity.

Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

Epictetus

No man is free who is not master of himself.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do - now.

What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practising for this, I was training for this.

Fortify yourself with moderation; for this is an impenetrable fortress.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will.

Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind.

Don't seek to have events happen as you wish,
but wish them to happen as they do happen,
and all will be well with you.

Seneca

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Every night before going to sleep, we must ask ourselves: what weakness did I overcome today? What virtue did I acquire?

If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.

Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack.

Man is affected not by events but by the view he takes of them.

Socrates

Smart people learn from everything and everyone,
average people from their experiences,
stupid people already have all the answers.

Friedrich Nietzsche

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.

Bruce Lee

Absorb what is useful,
Discard what is not,
Add what is uniquely your own.

The pain will leave when it's done teaching you.

Lao Tzu

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is a key to it.

To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.
Watch your actions, they become your habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it becomes you destiny.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
When the student is truly ready the teacher will disappear.

If you don't change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Time is a created thing. To say "I don't have time" is like saying "I don't want to".

New beginnings are disguised as painful endings.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

If you are depressed, you are living in the past.
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

Buddha

If you are quiet enough, you will hear the flow of the universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with this flow. Happiness lies ahead. Meditation is key.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except yourself.

Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the lair by speaking the truth.

Miyamoto Musashi wiki A Book of Five Rings

You can only fight the way you practice

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Dune

Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It's shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad'Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson.

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

You have proven you can rule yourself. Now you must learn to rule other people - something none of your ancestors learned.

The mind commands the body and it obeys.
The mind orders itself and meets resistance.

Kreia

It is such a quiet thing, to fall. But far more terrible is to admit it.

Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands then a clenched fist.

If you are to truly understand, then you will need the contrast, not adherence to a single idea.

To believe in an ideal, is to be willing to betray it.

If you seek to aid everyone that suffers (...), you will only weaken yourself and weaken them. It is the internal struggles, when fought and won on their own, that yield the strongest rewards ...

... recognize the value in letting them fight their own battles.

Plans are fragile things and life often dashes expectations to the ground.

Pai Mei

Is there anything that you can do well?

Since your arm now belongs to me I want it strong.

Stepehn King

Dark Tower 7: Because the only thing talent wants is to be used

Alan Kay

Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Paul Graham blog

On lisp: Why write programs with small bugs when you could write programs with no bugs?

Bear and Goose at the End of Everything youtube

Do you think they'll see how beautiful everything is?
Sometimes, only sometimes. All the time would be too much. Never would be too little. Every now and then, they'll see it - sometimes... and that will be enough.

Dragon Ball Z intro

Empty head is easier to fill with dreams.

Viktor - Arcane

In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good.

Hans-Uwe L. Köhler wikipedia

Machen ist wie Wollen, nur krasser.

Douglas Wan youtube

People are more adaptable than objects.

Louise Glück wikipedia

We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.

Phil Moriarty youtube

If I can't code this, I don't understand it.

AI effect wikipedia

As soon as AI successfully solves a problem, the problem is no longer a part of AI.

Jarosław Pałka + whisky + Kuba + Damian twitter

Architecture is about controlling entropy.

Venkat Subramaniam twitter

"I've set the wedding date. I've not asked her out yet."
 -- how software projects are managed

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice wikipedia

For every battle won, a greater battle takes its place and so it goes until we fall. And in the end we all fall. Even the gods have their time.

hyperpallium

Rules are a poor substitute for actual thought.

Irek website

pl: Dlaczego mam robić tak jak wszyscy, skoro mogę robić lepiej?
en: Why should I do as everyone else if I can do better?

pl: Nie na mojej warcie
en: Not on my watch

Work at turtle's pace. Overtake hare!

Marek Bogatzki website

pl: Nie zawsze trzeba bardzo komplikować - czasem można bardzo uprościć
en: You don't always have to make it very complicated - sometimes you can make it very simple

Wosik

pl: Każdy postęp, to jest postęp.
en: Every progress is a progress.

pl: Będzie pięknie, będzie wspaniale, będzie piękna pogoda.
en: It's gonna be beautifull, wonderful and the weather will be great.

Aga

pl: A co se myślisz - trzeba trzymać poziom!
en: What do you think - you have to keep the standard!

me

Children with IDEs are not Programmers.

pl: Jak żyć? Pisać kod.
en: How to live? Write code.

pl: Ty nigdy nie czytasz. Tam jest wszystko napisane.
en: You never read. Everything is written there.

pl: Mam taki plik...
en: I have such a file...