Most feed their obsessions by trying to get rid of them. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Never take any positive advice from someone you didn't ask for advice.

Injuries done to us by others tend to be acute; the self-inflicted ones tend to be chronic.

"Michelangelo was asked by the pope about the secret of his genius, particularly how he carved the statue of David, largely considered the masterpiece of all masterpieces. His answer was: Its simple. I just remove everything that is not David." - Taleb in Antifragile