"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."

—Scout Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird

"The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."

—Albert Camus

"Wealth is what you have minus what you want."

—Morgan Housel

"Once you understand that indulging might actually be worse than resisting, the urge begins to lose its appeal. In this way, self-control becomes the real pleasure, and the temptation becomes the regret."

—Ryan Holiday

"Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it seems."

—Morgan Housel

"Humans will always take the path of least resistance."

—Sergio Rios

"A trained mind is better than any script."

—Ryan Holiday

"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them."

—Alfred North Whitehead

Interpretation: If we went back in time and showed a caveman a lighter, they would be astonished and wonder what we do with our time now that we don't have to collect firewood. Right now, we are the cavemen.

"The computer is an awfully long lever, except what it multiplies is not mechanical force, but thought itself."

—Oran Looney

"The people who build lasting companies aren't loyal to their plans, they're loyal to their purpose."

—Harrison McCain

"Why should I bother with made-up games when there are so many real ones going on?"

—Dr. Felix Hoenikker, Cat's Cradle

"If it's to be, it's up to me."

—William Johnson

"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."

—Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

"If I were not Diogenes, I would wish to be Diogenes."

—Diogenes of Sinope

"How many things I can do without!"

—Socrates

"Not wanting something is as good as having it."

—Naval Ravikant