People are much less interested in what you are trying to show them than what you are trying to hide.

Muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without risk, change without aesthetics, age without values, food without nourishment, power without fairness, facts without rigor, degrees without erudition, militarism without fortitude, progress without civilization, complication without depth, fluency without content; these are the sins to remember.

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

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 verbal threat is the most authentic certificate of impotence.

Make sure that you are in a situation where the constant mistakes are small and can be used for something.

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