Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then youve really got a problem… Problems are like landmarks of progress. – Scott Alexander
The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get. – Scott Alexander
All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. – Scott Alexander
Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully. – Scott Alexander
Our religion is itself profoundly sad – a religion of universal anguish, and one which, because of its very catholicity, grants full liberty to the individual and asks no better than to be celebrated in each mans own language – so long as he knows anguish and is a painter. – Charles Baudelaire