“The woman stopped him. “Wait,” she said. “Can I have that napkin you were just drawing on? I’ll pay you for it.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“I grew up in a wealthy family. Money was never a problem. On the contrary, I grew up in a wealthy family… — Mark Manson Family Copy Share Image
“I’m sure a lot of it comes from our education system, which judges rigorously based on performance and punishes those who don’t… — Mark Manson Education Copy Share Image
“Healthy love is based on two people acknowledging and addressing their own problems with each other’s support.” — Mark Manson Health Copy Share Image
“We don’t always control what happens to us. But we always control how we interpret what happens to us, as well as… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“And while there’s nothing wrong with good business, the problem is that giving too many fucks is bad for your mental health.… — Mark Manson Business Copy Share Image
“We suffer for the simple reason that suffering is biologically useful. It is nature’s preferred agent for inspiring change.” — Mark Manson Inspiring change Copy Share Image
“This is why people learn to pretend to be friends with people they don’t actually like, to buy things they don’t actually… — Mark Manson Deception Copy Share Image
In our culture, many of us idealize love. We see it as some lofty cure-all for all of life's problems. Our movies… — Mark Manson History Copy Share Image
Writing/reading is like visiting another person's brain. And a short book or article is like a short stay. You come in, have… — Mark Manson Books Copy Share Image
“In other words, negative emotions are a call to action. When you feel them, it’s because you’re supposed to do something. Positive… — Mark Manson Call to action Copy Share Image
“I said something like, “I’m really sorry you died.” He laughed. I don’t remember exactly what his words were, but he said… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
I think my approach to a creative career was very entrepreneurial. Even though I'm a writer, I've always viewed my work much… — Mark Manson Career Copy Share Image
“Many people measure their self-worth based on how much money they make... once one is able to provide for basic physical needs… — Mark Manson Money Copy Share Image
“The difference between a healthy and an unhealthy relationship comes down to two things: 1) how well each person in the relationship… — Mark Manson Health Copy Share Image
“happiness comes from the same thing: caring about something greater than yourself, believing that you are a contributing component in some much… — Mark Manson Happiness Copy Share Image
“through the wonders of consumer culture and hey-look-my-life-is-cooler-than-yours social media, has bred a whole generation of people who believe that having these… — Mark Manson Fear Copy Share Image
“Being wrong opens us up to the possibility of change. Being wrong brings the opportunity for growth. It means not cutting your… — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
“Pleasure is a false god. Research shows that people who focus their energy on superficial pleasures end up more anxious, more emotionally… — Mark Manson Emotionally unstable Copy Share Image
“The rare people who do become truly exceptional at something do so not because they believe they’re exceptional. On the contrary, they… — Mark Manson Faith Copy Share Image
“life itself is a form of suffering. The rich suffer because of their riches. The poor suffer because of their poverty. People… — Mark Manson Family Copy Share Image
“The problem here is pain. Filling out the appropriate paperwork to drop out of med school is a straightforward and obvious action;… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“For individuals to feel justified in doing horrible things to other people, they must feel an unwavering certainty in their own righteousness,… — Mark Manson Evil people Copy Share Image
“This is the basic root of all happiness. Whether you’re listening to Aristotle or the psychologists at Harvard or Jesus Christ or… — Mark Manson Happiness Copy Share Image
“Being open with your insecurities paradoxically makes you more confident and charismatic around others.” — Mark Manson Charismatic Copy Share Image
“You know who bases their entire lives on their emotions? Three-year-old kids. And dogs. You know what else three-year-olds and dogs do?… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“if you’re dreaming of something all the time, then you’re reinforcing the same unconscious reality over and over: that you are not… — Mark Manson Dream Copy Share Image
“You could make plenty of money and be miserable, just as you could be broke and be pretty happy.” — Mark Manson Money Copy Share Image
“But entitled people, because they are incapable of acknowledging their own problems openly and honestly, are incapable of improving their lives in… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“People get addicted to feeling offended all the time because it gives them a high; being self-righteous and morally superior feels good.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“You cannot be a powerful and life-changing presence to some people without being a joke or an embarrassment to others.” — Mark Manson Comedy Copy Share Image
“If someone is better than you at something, then it’s likely because she has failed at it more than you have.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“knowing that what you already have is good enough, why would you ever stress about chasing more, more, more again?” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
People want to offer opportunities to people they care about. They want to help people they believe are good people or have… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
For all we know, we are the only shot the universe has at intelligent self-organization. Therefore, we need to take it seriously. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“You must develop the ability to be disliked in order to free yourself from the prison of other peoples’ opinions.” — Mark Manson Attention Copy Share Image
What I really, really love is writing. If I can just write and make a really nice living out of that, why… — Mark Manson Change Copy Share Image
“I have both some good news and some bad news for you: there is little that is unique or special about your… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“You both should support each other. But only because you choose to support and be supported. Not because you feel obligated or… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“We are wired to become dissatisfied with whatever we have and satisfied by only what we do not have.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
