Laundry list according to year of being discovered -
2024
“Quickly eliminate the big universe of what not to do; follow up with a fluent, multidisciplinary attack on what remains; then act decisively when, and only when, the right circumstances appear.” - Charlie Munger, Poor Charlie’s Almanack. Believe that a lot of investing frameworks translate very well to taking decisions in life.
“I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be; I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.” - Joseph de Maistre (taken from Will Durant’s Lessons of History)
2022
“Philosophy is practice” - Schopenhauer
2021
“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently” - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
“Man is a scoundrel, he gets used to everything” - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment