“The bad player is the one who tries to calculate and play with the odds, as if his game, his life, were one of a large number of games. To do so is at best to succumb to another necessity, the necessity of large numbers. The good player does not fool himself, and accepts that there is exactly one chance, which produces by chance the necessity and even the purpose that he experiences.” IfsTryingDoePlayPurposeGamesChanceNumbersAcceptingPlayerProduceFoolOddsLarge NumbersOne Chance Book:The Taming of Chance Source: The Taming of Chance
“What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.” DoeAmericaAbilityAcceptingProduce Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Thinking about death... produces love for life. When we are familiar with death, we accept each week, each day, as a gift. Only if we are able thus to accept life bit by bit does it become precious.” IfsThinkingDoeAbleBitsAcceptingWeekProduceFamiliarEach DayLove Life Book:Reverence for Life Source: Reverence for Life
“Youth should be radical. Youth should demand change in the world. Youth should not accept the old order if the world is to move on. But the old orders should not be moved easily - certainly not at the mere whim or behest of youth. There must be clash and if youth hasn't enough force or fervor to produce the clash the world grows stale and stagnant and sour in decay.” IfsWorldShouldEnoughMovingOrderForceGrowsAcceptingYouthProduceDemandMovedMereRadicalDecayClashWhimSourStaleStagnantFervor Author:William Allen White
“Soil with a lot of manure in it produces abundant crops; water that is too clear has no fish. Therefore, enlightened people should maintain the capacity to accept impurities and should not be solitary perfectionists.” PeopleShouldWaterAcceptingClearProduceCapacityFishesSoilEnlightenedTaoismSolitaryCropsPerfectionistManureImpurity Author:Zicheng Hong