Mark Manson Flashcards

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“Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity… and pretty much everything you see or read is some degree of stupidity.”

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Hanlon’s Razor + Manson’s Addendum

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PRINCIPLE #1: YOU ARE PERFECT JUST AS YOU ARE… BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS BE BETTER

PRINCIPLE #2: MOST PEOPLE AREN’T EVIL, THEY’RE JUST STUPID. THIS INCLUDES OURSELVES

PRINCIPLE #3: A LITTLE BIT OF TRUTH EXISTS IN EVERYTHING; BUT THE WHOLE TRUTH IN NOTHING

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3 Principles for a Better Life

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The Buddha said that hatred was like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. Well, self-consciousness is kind of like stabbing yourself because you think the puncture wounds will make you way more likeable to others.

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