Naval Ravikant Quotes

The selfish reason to be temperate is that overindulgence desensitizes you to the subtle everyday pleasures of life.

I would add a commitment to free speech. Trolls & harassment can be handled through community tools that Twitter never built.

The ideal school would teach health, wealth, & happiness.

It‘d be free, self-paced, & available to all.

It‘d show opposing ideas & students would self-verify truth.

No grades, no tests, no diplomas - just learning.

Actually, you’re already here. Careful who u follow.

Can you look in the mirror without telling a story about yourself?

The price that society is paying for political correctness continues to go up.

Virtues are the rules that, if widely adopted by individuals, lead to win-win outcomes for all of society.

Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.

I think children give you the unique opportunity to genuinely love something more than you love yourself. And I think that is really important for being happy because the moment you love something more than you love yourself, you're no longer self-obsessed.

Instead of memorizing, understand the basics so you can derive answers.

Hiking is walking meditation. Journaling is writing meditation. Praying is gratitude meditation. Showering is accidental meditation. Sitting quietly is direct meditation.

The moment you tell somebody something dishonest, you’ve lied to yourself. Then you’ll start believing your own lie, which will disconnect you from reality and take you down the wrong road.

The more the product is a commodity, the more the brand matters. For example, celebrities branding alcohol and VCs branding money.

Society, business & money are downstream of technology, which is itself downstream of science. Science applied is the engine of humanity.

Happiness is a skill you can develop.

Building a following on Twitter is building a castle out of sand, as the implacable tide shifts in and out.

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