Pain is not just a signal from the body — it's an experience constructed by the brain. And that means our thoughts, emotions, and expectations can powerfully shape how much pain we feel. In some cases, simply understanding that pain is not always a reliable indicator of tissue damage can itself reduce suffering.
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The record of a money manager who merely stays close to the market is not an outstanding record—it is a record of someone who has successfully rationalized doing nothing. The question is not whether you beat the market, but whether you had the intellectual honesty to know when you had no edge and the discipline to act accordingly.
Seth Klarman — Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle — Nicomachean Ethics
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. Déceler, c'est créer. To detect is to create.
Eugène Ionesco — Découvertes