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"I didn't really think Tesla would be successful, I thought we'd most likely fail." (then why try?) "If something is important enough, you should try even if the probable outcome is failure."

the sooner you realize that this life isn't about you,  the sooner you actually start living. that what a privilege it is that you get to be alive and wander that you are able to participate in life and be a witness to it

Gotten around to finishing Daniel Kahneman's book Thinking Fast and Slow. It's quite fascinating. Here he describes two thinking systems in the mind; System 1 and System 2 . System 1 is automatic.  System 2 is deliberate. System 1 is fast. System 2 is slow. Intuitions fall on System 1. Active and effort-full calculation is on System 2.

Taken from an interview with Stephen Colbert. He was asked how about his Mom, when early in his childhood, his father and a couple siblings died in a plane crash. "She taught us to still love life and not be bitter. And to realize that everybody suffers. And if you can accept your suffering then you'll just understand people better. And strangely enough, you have to be grateful for pain."