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The End of an Era
3 Insights “Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly: they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.” — Aldous Huxley “An independent
How to Deal with Flattery
3 Insights “Learned we may be with another man’s learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.” ― Michel de Montaigne “If you’re
The Medieval Knight & The Crusades
3 Insights “I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.” — C. S. Lewis “The question you should be asking
A Traveler’s Perspective
3 Insights “Individuals who are focused on concerns of equity are likely to scan their environment for signs of potential injustice and to misread events
Why Not?
3 Insights “Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.” — George Washington
In Search Of Hope
3 Insights You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ― William Faulkner “On friendship and marriage: The
Speed vs. Strength
3 Insights “I’m learning all the time. My tombstone will be my diploma.” — Eartha Kitt “When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword. Don’t recite
Escape Hardship & Avoid Comfort
3 Insights “What you seek is seeking you.” — Rumi “Scientists have theories. Philosophers have questions. Entrepreneurs have projects. Artists have obsessions. Amateurs have ideas.” — Vizi
Reflection & Adventure
3 Insights “Everything in life should be done with reflection.” — John Adams “By three methods we may learn wisdom… First, by reflection, which is noblest.
The Arena
Here are 3 quotes, the most interesting thing I learned this week, 1 essay, and 1 question to reflect on. 3 Quotes “It is not
Actions Over Ideas
Here are 3 quotes, the most interesting thing I learned this week, 1 essay, and 1 question to reflect on. 3 Quotes “The study of
Think Less, Work More
Here are 3 quotes, the most interesting thing I learned this week, 1 essay, and 1 question to reflect on. 3 Quotes “The Fates guide
A Basic Standard
Here are 3 quotes, the most interesting thing I learned this week, 1 essay, and 1 question to reflect on. 3 Quotes “The true man
Strong Minds
Here are 3 quotes, the most interesting thing I learned this week, 1 essay, and 1 question to reflect on. 3 Quotes “A man can