“Manson’s law applies to both good and bad things in life. Making a million dollars could threaten your identity just as much… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“The key to a good life is not giving a f*** about more; its giving a f*** about less, giving a f***… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“I’m always wrong about everything, over and over and over again, and that’s why my life improves.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“There’s a certain level of joy and meaning that you reach in life only when you’ve spent decades investing in a single… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“If you lack the motivation to make an important change in your life, do something—anything, really—and then harness the reaction to that… — Mark Manson 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 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 Copy Share Image
Many people come to self-help material because they feel like something is wrong with them or the way they are. The problem… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“And this is what’s so dangerous about a society that coddles itself more and more from the inevitable discomforts of life: we… — Mark Manson 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 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 Copy Share Image
“I came to the startling realization that if there really is no reason to do anything, then there is also no reason… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“As the existential philosopher Albert Camus said (and I’m pretty sure he wasn’t on LSD at the time): ‘You will never be… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Life is a never-ending stream of problems that must be confronted, surmounted, and/or solved. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Everybody enjoys what feels good. Everyone wants to live a carefree, happy, and easy life, to fall in love and have amazing… — 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
“What pain do you want in your life? What are you willing to struggle for?” Because that seems to be a greater determinant of… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“death is the light by which the shadow of all of life’s meaning is measured.” — Mark Manson 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 (food shelter,… — Mark Manson 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 be comfortable… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, there were two youngsters, a boy and a girl. Their families hated each other. But the boy snuck into a… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“If it's down to me being screwed up, or everybody else being screwed up, it is far, far, far more likely that I'm the… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“If you’re miserable in your current situation, chances are it’s because you feel like some part of it is outside your control—that there’s a… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Every new conversation, every new relationship, brings new challenges and opportunities for honest expression. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“With great power comes great responsibility.” It is true. But there’s a better version of this quote, a version that actually is profound, and… — Mark Manson 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
“Or let’s say you have an anger problem. You get pissed off at the stupidest, most inane stuff, and you have no idea why.… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Some examples of good, healthy values: honesty, innovation, vulnerability, standing up for oneself, standing up for others, self-respect, curiosity, charity, humility, creativity. Some examples… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
