Category: On Providence

The philosophy of: Vanilla SkyThe philosophy of: Vanilla Sky

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The past doesn’t define you – it’s not who you are. And neither do your future plans, which are not only reliant on things out of your control, but are

Everything and everyone ever you know of is nothing more than a tiny pale blue dotEverything and everyone ever you know of is nothing more than a tiny pale blue dot

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If you drop your phone and the screen breaks, or you have to pay a late fee on your credit card repayment, your car breaks down, or you miss the

The philosophy of: William ShakespeareThe philosophy of: William Shakespeare

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The aphoristic, short, sharp and punchy style of writing that makes so much of Shakespeare’s writing meaningful and powerful is something he shared with the Stoics, Marcus Aurelius and Seneca.

Murphy’s Law is more than just a dumbass thing some people say, it also perpetuates a loser mentalityMurphy’s Law is more than just a dumbass thing some people say, it also perpetuates a loser mentality

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Murphy’s Law is more than just some dumb thing some people say when shit doesn’t go their way (that needs to be eliminated from the vernacular, preferably brutally with a bullet).

I just invented ‘Reverse Murphy’s Law’. Dumb, right? Yep, just like Murphy’s Law.I just invented ‘Reverse Murphy’s Law’. Dumb, right? Yep, just like Murphy’s Law.

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Murphy’s Law is demented. Because, every day, we notice and pay much more attention to, and make a big deal about the few little things that don’t go our way,

Thoreau was shit at mathsThoreau was shit at maths

I forgot what he said exactly but Henry David Thoreau said that wood is the gift that gives warmth twice –once when you chop it down and once when you