"I worry that if whatever pops into your head at any instant immediately goes online, you lose the crucial time for your thoughts to simmer and evolve and build up nuance, depth and empathy."

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Paul Harding

#Worry Quotes #Empathy Quotes #Nuance Quotes

“I've really learned a lot, really learned a lot, love is like a stove, burns you when it's hot”
“I cried every day of first grade. In class. Which meant I ended up getting comfortable emoting in a place where it wasn't the norm.”
“When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!”
“With so much reading ahead of you, the temptation might be to speed up. But in fact itâ€™s essential to slow down and read every word. Because one important thing that can be learned by reading slowly is the seemingly obvious but oddly underappreciated fact that language is the medium we use in much the same way a composer uses notes, the way a painter uses paint. I realize it may seem obvious, but itâ€™s surprising how easily we lose sight of the fact that words are the raw material out of which literature is crafted.”
“New York is the Hollywood of the publishing industry, complete with stars, starlets, suicidal publishers/producers, intrigues, and a lot of money.”
“No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.”
“Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.”
“The problem is that most people focus on their failures rather than their successes. But the truth is that most people have many more successes than failures.”

Source : Ludwig Von Mises (1947). “Planned Chaos”, p.81, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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