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
All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. – Scott Alexander
The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and not your god. – Scott Alexander
The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get. – Scott Alexander
My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didnt know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother. – Al Pacino