We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out. — THEODORE ROOSEVELT - Ryan Holiday

Uncertainty and fear are relieved by authority. Training is authority.

Be quiet, work hard, and stay healthy. It’s not ambition or skill that is going to set you apart but sanity.

For all species other than us humans, things just are what they are. Our problem is that we’re always trying to figure out what things mean — why things are the way they are. As though the why matters. Emerson put it best: “We cannot spend the day in explanation.” Don’t waste time on false constructs.