Probability is not about the odds, but about the belief in the existence of an alternative outcome, cause, or motive.

I lift heavy weights and sprint, but I am so bad at it that I develop severe injuries.

By setting oneself totally free of constraints, free of thoughts, free of this debilitating activity called work, free of efforts, elements hidden in the texture of reality start staring at you; then mysteries that you never thought existed emerge in front of your eyes.

If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.

People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow up

Stoicism is about the *domestication* of emotions, not their elimination.

Learn to fail with pride - and do so fast and cleanly. Maximise trial and error - by mastering the error part.