Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

by Morgan Housel

Mark Twain said, “Humor is a way to show you’re smart without bragging.”

“Everything feels unprecedented when you haven’t engaged with history,” writer Kelly Hayes once wrote.

Warren Buffett says it takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to destroy one.

“The grass is always greener on the side that’s fertilized with bullshit,”

You never know what struggles people are hiding.

Jim Carrey once said, “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.”

Complexity gives a comforting impression of control, while simplicity is hard to distinguish from cluelessness.

“What have you experienced that I haven’t that makes you believe what you do? And would I think about the world like you do if I experienced what you have?”