Sign in with Facebook
A lot of what people did and said when they “predicted” things, Morey now realized, was phony: pretending to know things rather than actually knowing things.
“Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple-minded I-know-it-all approach is no match for the complexity of existence.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“Elbert Hubbard said, “Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”
― Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
― Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
“You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“So, attend carefully to your posture. Quit drooping and hunching around. Speak your mind. Put your desires forward, as if you had a right to them—at least the same right as others. Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead. Dare to be dangerous. Encourage the serotonin to flow plentifully through the neural pathways desperate for its calming influence.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“No one ever made a decision because of a number. They need a story.”
― The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
― The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Mark’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mark’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Mark
Lists liked by Mark
