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Quote by David Foster Wallace

“The point here is ... to be just a little less arrogant. To have just a little critical awareness about myself and my certainties. Because a huge percentage of the stuff that I tend to be automatically certain of is, it turns out, totally wrong and deluded.”

Book:This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

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This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

An insightful and reflective piece that explores the significance of personal growth and ethical living. more

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David Foster Wallace

American novelist known for his unique literary style and profound insights into modern life. His works include 'Infinite Jest' and 'The Broom of the System'. more

“In the daily lives of most men and women, fear plays a greater part than hope: they are more filled with the thought of the possessions that others may take from them, than of the joy that they might create in their own lives and in the lives with which they come in contact. It is not so that life should be lived.”

Men Should May Play Might Joy Greater Men And Women Filled Possession Contact Daily Life

Book:Proposed Roads to Freedom

Source: Proposed Roads to Freedom

“He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit.”

Next Lost Miles Exit Funny Bumper Sticker

Author:Ian Mcewan

“Fixed formation is bad. Study this well.”

Wells Study Fixed Formation

Book:Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.

Source: Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.

“Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease and security, not of a life of arduous struggle.”

World Needs Results Quality Moral Struggle Security Ease Good Nature

Book:In Praise of Idleness

Source: In Praise of Idleness

“If you look at the people who have high impact, they have pretty general knowledge. They don't have a really narrowly focused education.”

People Ifs Looks Impact Focused General Knowledge

Author:Larry Page

“The really useful education is that which follows the direction of the child's own instinctive interests, supplying knowledge for which it is seeking, not dry, detailed information wholly out of relation to its spontaneous desires.”

Children Desire Interest Information Relation Seeking Dry Spontaneous

Book:Proposed Roads to Freedom

Source: Proposed Roads to Freedom

“Those whose lives are fruitful to themselves, to their friends, or to the world are inspired by hope and sustained by joy: they see in imagination the things that might be and the way in which they are to be brought into existence.”