Citizenship is obsolete. To optimize your lifetime earnings and become a Sovereign Individual you will need to become a customer of a government or protection service rather than a citizen. Instead of paying whatever tax burden is imposed upon you by grasping politicians, you will be better positioned to prosper in the Information Age by freeing yourself to negotiate a private tax treaty that obliges you to pay no more for services of government than they are actually worth to you.
– from The Sovereign Individual book by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg
Those who truly seek wisdom are …
Those who truly seek wisdom are those who will acknowledge the virtue in their adversaries and who will learn from those who disabuse them of error.
– from The Way of Kings book by Brandon Sanderson
Possessing a creative mind, after all …
Possessing a creative mind, after all, is something like having a border collie for a pet: It needs to work, or else it will cause you an outrageous amount of trouble. Give your mind a job to do, or else it will find a job to do, and you might not like the job it invents.
– from Big Magic book by Elizabeth Gilbert
I haven’t made all A’s in …
I haven’t made all A’s in the art of livin, but I give a damn, and I’ll take an experienced C over an ignorant A any day.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
When in bed, meditate. Either you …
When in bed, meditate. Either you will have a deep meditation or fall asleep. Victory either way.
– from The Almanack of Naval Ravikant book by Eric Jorgenson
All other things being equal, simplicity …
All other things being equal, simplicity beats complexity every time. A portfolio of passive low-cost indexes should make up the core of your holdings. If you want to do something more complicated, you need a compelling reason.
– from How Not to Invest book by Barry Ritholtz
Our teenage years have to simultaneously …
Our teenage years have to simultaneously be the brightest light and the darkest depths, because that’s how we learn to figure out our horizons.
– from My Friends book by Fredrik Backman
I guess that’s true of people …
I guess that’s true of people in general. They only see what they want to see, even when the truth is right in front of them.
– from The Next Wife book by Kaira Rouda
God, when I cross the truth …
God, when I cross the truth, give me the awareness to receive it, the consciousness to recognize it, the presence to personalize it, the patience to preserve it, and the courage to live it.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
I’ve never cared much for destinations …
I’ve never cared much for destinations. The idea of landing is too finite for my imagination and sense of song. Give me a direction and a sixteen-lane highway with room to swerve and explore along the way.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey