Your reputation is harmed the most by what you say to defend it.

Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment.

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

A washing machine needs constant maintenance. It doesn't want any harm. It wants tranquility, and you need someone to - you're not going to harm it by continuously monitoring it and adjusting it.

Weak men act to satisfy their needs, stronger men their duties.

The central idea in The Black Swan is that: rare events cannot be estimated from empirical observation since they are rare.

The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by birds and books on ornithologists written by birds