dear self

“Whoever thought that he had understood something of me had merely construed something out of me, after his own image.”

“You can be sincere and still be stupid.”

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”

When you pay something your attention, you’re allowing it into your life. Inviting it to spread its seeds. To lay down its roots. To enter your mind.

“You can beat 40 scholars with one fact, but you can’t beat one idiot with 40 facts.”

“Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer.”

“Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of—that’s the metric to measure yourself against. Your standards are. Winning is not enough. People can get lucky and win. People can be assholes and win. Anyone can win. But not everyone is the best possible version of themselves.”

“You’re not going to master the rest of your life in one day. Just relax. Master the day. Then just keep doing that every day.”

“Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down.”

When they ask my motivation I say struggle

“The wise man dies no better or more wisely than the fool. In what way, then, is the wise man wise?”

“That which you most need will be found where you least want to look.”