“You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.”

David Foster Wallace (although he may have been quoting someone else)

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“We are made of starstuff” – Carl Sagan

It’s inspiration to me because it always reminds me of our insignificantly small and momentary place in this universe.

Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

– Conan

This too shall pass

“If it is too hard to cope with failure, how can you ever be able to handle success?” -Unknown.

Financial advice:

Mr. Simpson, your intelligence profile indicates that you’re too… “stupid” to stick to a budget.

-Yes. Go on.

So, let me put this simply. You need more money.

-But how do I get it?

I’m a financial planner, not a financial consultant. Sorry.

“The best way to handle, to take care of the future, is to take care of the present moment.  What else can you do?”

— Thich Nhat Hanh,  The Art Of Mindful Living

Only you can take a sad song and make it better.

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

Anais Nin

“The injury that is to be done to a man should be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge. “

• Machiavelli

“Though the grease burns out of the torch, the fire passes on, and no one knows where it ends.” -Zhuangzi

Some things are in our control and others not.

Epictitus, The Enchiridion

“Life is far too serious for me to take it seriously.”