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Diogenes

Cynic philosopher of Sinope

“He has the most who is most content with the least.”
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Image: Wikimedia Commons, Diogenes Mosaic Römisch-Germanisches Museum.jpg

The one idea

Most of what you want was handed to you.

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Borrowed wants

Strip away what society told you to want and see what is left. Usually, it is more freedom.

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Nassim Taleb

Nassim Taleb

Author, Antifragile

“Some things gain from disorder.”

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René Girard

René Girard

Philosopher, mimetic theory

“We borrow our desires from others.”

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Yvon Chouinard

Yvon Chouinard

Founder, Patagonia

“Know what enough is.”

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Charlie Munger

Charlie Munger

Vice Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway

“Assemble a latticework of mental models.”

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Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius

Roman emperor, Stoic

“You have power over your mind, not events.”

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Richard Feynman

Physicist, Nobel laureate

“You must not fool yourself.”

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