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“Some of the highest value-per-page I’ve ever come across. Two Thoughts is filled with history’s most interesting, curiosity-sparking ideas, each delivered in a beautiful package designed to stick with you long after you finish reading. You’ll find yourself sharing this book with everyone you know.”
– Sahil Bloom
Sunday, 16 February
Two thoughts from Robert Anton Wilson
“Most people live in a myth and grow violently angry if anyone dares to tell them the truth about themselves.”
“An optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.”
Monday, 17 February
Two thoughts from Reinhold Niebuhr
“Aim for the stars and maybe you’ll reach the sky.”
“Change what cannot be accepted and accept what cannot be changed.”
Tuesday, 18 February
Two thoughts from Robert Ingersoll
“Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power.”
“The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn-the less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything.”
Wednesday, 19 February
Two thoughts from Paul Dirac
“Scientific progress is measured in units of courage, not intelligence.”
“The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.”
Thursday, 20 February
Two thoughts from Todd Rose
“The hardest part of learning something new is not embracing new ideas, but letting go of old ones.”
“This is the first risk that comes with lying about our private beliefs: if we aren’t careful, we can come to believe our own lies.”
Friday, 21 February
Two thoughts from Douglas Hofstadter
“For now, what is important is not finding the answer, but looking for it.”
"In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference."
Saturday, 22 February
Two thoughts from Ian McEwan
"One of the darkest corners is revenge. It’s a crude impulse. A culture of revenge leads to private misery, bloodshed, anarchy, social breakdown."
"He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit."
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