“Freeze, freeze in the winter, if you really want to appreciate the summer! Walk, walk at the edge of the precipices, if you rightly want to learn the meaning of the safety! Switch the lights off, if you want to see the amazing beauty of the light!” IfsWantLightWalksSummerAppreciateSafetyWinterEdgesFreezePrecipice Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Edge also implies what Ben Graham....called a margin of safety. You have a margin of safety when you buy an asset at a price that is substantially less than its value. As Graham noted, the margin of safety 'is available for absorbing the effect of miscalculations or worse than average luck.' ...Graham expands, "The margin of safety is always dependent on the price paid. It will be large at one price, small at some higher price, nonexistent at some still higher price."” StillsValuesEffectsHigherPaidSafetyLuckAverageEdgesAvailableDependentAssetsMarginsAbsorbingMiscalculations Author:Michael Mauboussin
“We're told, often enough, that as a species we are poised on the edge of the abyss. It's possible that our puffed-up, prideful intelligence has outstripped our instinct for survival and the road back to safety has already been washed away. In which case there's nothing much to be done. If there is something to be done, then one thing is for sure: those who created the problem will not be the ones who come up with a solution.” IfsDoneEnoughProblemCasesOne ThingSurvivalSolutionsSafetyInstinctSpeciesEdgesCome UpAbyss Author:Arundhati Roy
“The smallest decisions made had such profound repercussions. One ten-minute wait could save a life… Or end it… One wrong turn down the right street or one seemingly unimportant conversation, and everything was changed. It wasn’t right that each lifetime was defined, ruined, ended, and made by such seemingly innocuous details. A major life-threatening event should come with a flashing warning sign that either said ABANDON ALL HOPE or SAFETY AHEAD. It was the cruelest joke of all that no one could see the most vicious curves until they were over the edge, falling into the abyss below.” ShouldMadeSaidEndsTurnsFallWaitingDecisionStreetsMinutesEventsChangedTenConversationMajorsJokesSafetyLifetimeProfoundEdgesDetailsDefinedAbandonWarningSmallestThreateningRuinedAbyssCurvesViciousUnimportantRepercussionsSave A LifeDecisions MadeOver The EdgeWrong TurnWarning Signs Book:Chronicles of Nick Source: Chronicles of Nick
“It was the strangest sensation, fallin' in love. 'Bout the only thing I compare it to would be jumpin' off a big cliff. Once you're past the edge, there ain't no particular reason to be graspin' for a line a safety. You just keep on fallin' anyhow, so you might as well enjoy it the whole way down.” WayWellsReasonWholeBigsMightWould BePastEnjoyLinesParticularSafetyFalling In LoveEdgesCompareSensationsI Love YouCliffs Author:Dorothy Garlock
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. You won't find glory at the center of safety, but at its edge. You won't find love at a place where you are covered, but in the space where you are exposed. You gotta take some risks. You have to not only pick up the dice, but roll'em. So go ahead, take the gamble. You have nothing to lose except the chance to win. Life is not long enough to spend it on the sidelines.” LongEndsEnoughLife IsWinningLosesChanceSpaceRiskComfortGloryPicksSafetyEdgesZoneEmsWhere You AreCoveredExposedComfort ZoneEncouragingLife Is ShortFinding LoveGambleDiceNothing To LoseSidelines Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“Not so deep down, we all know that safety is an illusion, that only character melds us together. That’s why most of us do everything we can (healthy and unhealthy) to ward off that real feeling of standing alone so close to the edge of the world.” KnowsWorldRealCharacterFeelingsTogetherHealthyIllusionStandingSafetyEdgesDeep DownUnhealthyStanding AloneReal FeelingsEdge Of The World Book:How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America Source: How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
“It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard!” PeopleHardDifficultRealizingModernComfortSafetyEdgesModern LifeSafety NetSlough Author:Derek Jacobi