I'm finally reading Dune. This quote, which is in the first few pages, hits hard:
"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
Highly recommend letting people know you're capable of madness from time to time. Especially as a quiet, soft spoken person. Disrespect sometimes needs to be met with disrespect... let people know you can go from O to Thanos real quick...
Marcus Aurelius was right. You will lose friends you will lose lovers you will lose comfort but if in losing them you find yourself you have gained more than kings.
Morning devotions in Nigerian households were the original breeding ground for indirect jabs.
Your mum will be praying for you in presence of everyone and randomly say, “Father remove every spirit of laziness, stubbornness and wasted potential from his life,” and suddenly you’re wondering when you offended her.
One idea that has revolutionized my thinking is this: you are allowed to not want things.
You can look at everything society tells you that you need to have and just be like, “Nope. I will not be participating.”
going to leave this here.
this is coming from a someone who is recognized as the most decorated freestyle skier in Olympic history, successful luxury fashion model, full-time undergraduate student at Stanford University.
Your 20s are not for a soft life. It's for the grind. Get your curiosity up, get your energy up, go and ask for the best opportunities and set yourself up for a life of ease in your later years.