You can't be an important and life changing presence for some people without also being a joke an an embarrassment to others. You just can't. Because… - Mark Manson

Well, the same is true for adversity and failure. No matter where you go, there's a five-hundred-pound load of shit waiting for you. And that's perfectly fine. The point isn't to get away from the shit. The point is the find the shit you enjoy dealing with.

Uncertainty removes our judgments of others; it preempts the unnecessary stereotyping and biases that we otherwise feel when we see somebody on TV, in the office, or on the street. Uncertainty also relieves us of our judgment of ourselves. We don’t know if we’re lovable or not; we don’t know how attractive we are; we don’t know how successful we could potentially become. The only way to achieve these things is to remain uncertain of them and be open to finding them out through experience.

La Ley de la Retrocesión”, que presenta la idea de que mientras más persigas el sentirte bien todo el tiempo, más insatisfecho estarás; pues perseguir algo sólo refuerza el hecho de que careces de ello.

The pursuit of happiness is a toxic value that has long defined our culture. It is self-defeating and misleading. Living well does not mean avoiding suffering; it means suffering for the right reasons. Because if we’re going to be forced to suffer by simply existing, we might as well learn how to suffer well.