Comments on: To Be or To Do? http://www.ryanholiday.net/to-be-or-to-do/ Meditations on strategy and life Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:25:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: @Stephen http://www.ryanholiday.net/to-be-or-to-do/#comment-8549 @Stephen Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:22:13 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/to-be-or-to-do/#comment-8549 Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: <em>To laugh often and much, To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.</em> <strong>This is to have succeeded.</strong> Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote:

To laugh often and much,

To win the respect of intelligent people

and the affection of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics

and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To find the best in others;

To leave the world a bit better,

whether by a healthy child, a garden patch

or a redeemed social condition;

To know even one life has breathed easier

because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded.

]]> By: Derek Kreindler http://www.ryanholiday.net/to-be-or-to-do/#comment-8548 Derek Kreindler Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:06:02 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/to-be-or-to-do/#comment-8548 "The first thing you learn when truly open your eyes and look at the world as it is, for what it is, is that the people who you seem so willing to tie your happiness or correctness too, are stupid, unexamined and hypocritical." The truth sets you free “The first thing you learn when truly open your eyes and look at the world as it is, for what it is, is that the people who you seem so willing to tie your happiness or correctness too, are stupid, unexamined and hypocritical.”

The truth sets you free

]]> By: Ryan Holiday http://www.ryanholiday.net/to-be-or-to-do/#comment-8547 Ryan Holiday Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:12:26 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/to-be-or-to-do/#comment-8547 Of course. And if you've found people that deserve for you to desire their praise--you know how much harder that makes you work. Of course. And if you’ve found people that deserve for you to desire their praise–you know how much harder that makes you work.

]]> By: Chris Johnson http://www.ryanholiday.net/to-be-or-to-do/#comment-8546 Chris Johnson Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:09:03 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/to-be-or-to-do/#comment-8546 R- The problem--or one problem--with our school system is that it doesn't really encourage ciphering, deep thought. It teaches people to be little bitches that can push papers, and not make mistakes. It's doing an excellent job. I was depressed in High School because...this was it? In college, I went to two (I DID graduate from GWU)...and it was the same deal. "This is it?????" And yet, I want people to say "Good Job, dude," But which people? Galt's Gulch? Seeking approbation is natural/normal/stupid, and it's fun to recognize yourself doing it. R-

The problem–or one problem–with our school system is that it doesn’t really encourage ciphering, deep thought.

It teaches people to be little bitches that can push papers, and not make mistakes. It’s doing an excellent job. I was depressed in High School because…this was it?

In college, I went to two (I DID graduate from GWU)…and it was the same deal. “This is it?????” And yet, I want people to say “Good Job, dude,” But which people?

Galt’s Gulch? Seeking approbation is natural/normal/stupid, and it’s fun to recognize yourself doing it.

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