A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it, is committing another mistake. - Shane Parrish

Nothing is permanent. Some things are just renewed faster than they decay.

We want the naturally perfect relationship, but the ones that endure are renewed each morning.

Here's the paradox: fragility plus daily care outlasts strength plus neglect. The cast-iron pan seasoned daily outlives the new nonstick. The handwritten menu, which changes daily, outlasts the laminated one.

You can only optimize so much, but you can care forever. Efficiency has limits, devotion doesn't.

Hadrian’s Wall thus was just one part of the overall strategy to maintain contrast between Roman territory and the tribes of the north.

We optimize for short-term ego protection over long-term happiness.