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Richard Feynman

Physicist, Nobel laureate

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.”

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You must not fool yourself.

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Don't fool yourself

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it yet. Intellectual honesty starts at home.

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Charlie Munger

Charlie Munger

Vice Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway

“Assemble a latticework of mental models.”

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Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman

Psychologist, Nobel laureate

“Beware the confident intuitions of System 1.”

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Adam Grant

Organizational psychologist, Wharton

“Think like a scientist.”

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Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius

Roman emperor, Stoic

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

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Socrates

Socrates

Philosopher of Athens

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

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Aristotle

Aristotle

Philosopher, founder of the Lyceum

“You are what you repeatedly do.”

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