Weigh second- and third-order consequences. - Ray Dalio

Encounters like these have taught me that human greatness and terribleness are not correlated with wealth or other conventional measures of success. I’ve also learned that judging people before really seeing things through their eyes stands in the way of understanding their circumstances — and that isn’t smart.

Everyone has weaknesses. They are generally revealed in the patterns of mistakes they make.

Liberal” had ceased to mean being in favor of progress and had come to mean “paying people not to work.