Jens

[Russia RX @Russia_RX24]

Speaking about the deep contradictions in human nature, Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada said:

“Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one barely use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about the relatives still in their lives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have a partner often fail to appreciate them. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the full complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.

The key to happiness is gratitude—to truly see and value what we already have, and to understand that somewhere, someone would give everything for what we take for granted.”

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Christoph Waltz shares a life-changing quote from Voltaire that hits deep

"Change is annoying. But certainty is absurd."

When we cling to absolute certainty — about ourselves, our views, our opinions — we kill curiosity and growth.

Embrace the uncertainty. Let go of the need to be right. That's where life becomes truly worth living — rich, free, and alive.

0:53 clip inside — pure inspiration.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Isaac Asimov ✍️

[Paul Portesi @PaulPortesi]

Academia is mostly entropy reducing.

So anything that linearizes your thinking, makes you narrow your openness to other perspectives reduces entropy.

True learning is about opening your entropy.

Expanding your perspectives not validating your conclusions.

Open not closed.

[Friedrich Nietzsche Notebook @QuoteNietzsche]

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

[Epictetus | Stoic Philosopher 📖 @EpictetusSays]

"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control."

[Fitness Harbor @FitnessHarbor_]

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

[Søren Kierkegaard Club @Kierkegaarddd]

“It is better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed. The result may be the same, but you won’t be. We always grow more through defeats than victories.”

[Friedrich Nietzsche Notebook @QuoteNietzsche]

One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.

[Karl Popper Quotes @QuotePopper]

"The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement."

–– Karl Popper.

[Mind Haste ⚡️ @MindHaste]

Stop looking for happiness in the same place you lost it.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

"Mind is the first and most direct thing in our experience; all else is remote inference." ✍️

[Alan Watts 📖 | Philosophy & Timeless Wisdom ✍️ @AlanWattsQuot]

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water.

When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown.

Instead you relax, and float.