'War and Peace' may be the most epic thing ever created by a human being. — Mark Manson Being Copy Share Image
It's easy to want the benefits of something; it's hard to want the cost. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
OK, I'm as lazy as the next guy. Full disclosure. And I often feel guilty about it. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“I thought love was something that just happened, not something that you worked for.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“It’s worth remembering that for any change to happen in your life, you must be wrong about something.” — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
“No truly happy person feels the need to stand in front of a mirror and recite that she's happy. She just is.” — Mark Manson Confidence Copy Share Image
Life is a never-ending stream of problems that must be confronted, surmounted, and/or solved. — Mark Manson Life Copy Share Image
“Often the only difference between a problem being painful or being powerful is a sense that we chose it, and that we… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Self-awareness is like an onion. There are multiple layers to it, and the more you peel them back, the more likely you’re… — Mark Manson Awareness Copy Share Image
“Emotions are simply biological signals designed to nudge you in the direction of beneficial change.” — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
“Death is the only thing we can know with any certainty. And as such, it must be the compass by which we… — Mark Manson Certainty Copy Share Image
“Because here’s another sneaky little truth about life. You can’t be an important and life-changing presence for some people without also being… — Mark Manson Embarrassment Copy Share Image
“I then asked myself, “If I try this thing and fail in a few years and have to go get a job… — Mark Manson Unemployed Copy Share Image
Our moral philosophy determines our values - what we care about and what we don't care about - and our values determine… — Mark Manson Care Copy Share Image
Obviously, we all want to feel pleasure. It can't be one of our highest priorities because, simply put, anything worthwhile in life… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Values underlie everything we are and do. If what we value is unhelpful, if what we consider success/failure is poorly chosen, then… — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
Pain is important, and changing who you are is difficult, painful, and scary. Most of the self-help industry sees change as this… — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
“I think what most people—especially educated, pampered middle-class white people—consider “life problems” are really just side effects of not having anything more… — Mark Manson Life Copy Share Image
“I say don't find yourself. I say never know who you are. Because that's what keeps you striving & discovering, and it… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“The only way to be comfortable with death is to understand and see yourself as something bigger than yourself; to choose values… — Mark Manson Chaotic world Copy Share Image
“The act of choosing a value for yourself requires rejecting alternative values. If I choose to make my marriage the most important… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a… — Mark Manson Desire Copy Share Image
“I remember discussing this dynamic with my Russian teacher one day, and he had an interesting theory. Having lived under communism for… — Mark Manson Economic system Copy Share Image
“These five values are both unconventional and uncomfortable. But, to me, they are life-changing. The first, which we’ll look at in the… — Mark Manson Death Copy Share Image
“Because when you give too many fucks—when you give a fuck about everyone and everything—you will feel that you’re perpetually entitled to… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“The paradox of choice: the more options we're given, the less satisfied we become with whatever we choose, because we're aware of… — Mark Manson Adventure Copy Share Image
“We suffer for the simple reason that suffering is biologically useful. It is nature’s preferred agent for inspiring change. We have evolved… — Mark Manson Human evolution Copy Share Image
“If pursuing the positive is a negative, then pursuing the negative generates the positive. The pain you pursue in the gym results… — Mark Manson Courage and perseverance Copy Share Image
“Action isn’t just the effect of motivation; it’s also the cause of it. Most” — Mark Manson Action Copy Share Image
“nobody makes it through life without collecting a few scars on the way out.” — Mark Manson Life Copy Share Image
“The woman’s head jolted back as if he had just flung a brick at her.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
