Everything has an opportunity cost, and the big things we want in life - like happiness and healthy relationships and wealth -… — Mark Manson Big things Copy Share Image
“Most of us struggle throughout our lives by giving too many fucks in situations where fucks do not deserve to be given.” — Mark Manson Giving Fucks 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 Supported Copy Share Image
“We are wired to become dissatisfied with whatever we have and satisfied by only what we do not have.” — Mark Manson Dissatisfied 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 Chasing 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 Need 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 Better 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
“In my life, I have given a fuck about many people and many things. I have also not given a fuck about… — Mark Manson Given Copy Share Image
What's interesting about emotions is that the more you try to control them or to bottle them up, the stronger they get.… — Mark Manson Control Copy Share Image
“The more interesting question is the pain. What is the pain that you want to sustain? That’s the hard question that matters,… — Mark Manson Life Copy Share Image
The American Dream is simple: it's the unwavering belief that anybody - you, me, your friends, your neighbors, grandma Verna - can… — Mark Manson America Copy Share Image
“Aristotle wrote, “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Being able… — Mark Manson Different values Copy Share Image
“We shouldn’t seek to find the ultimate “right” answer for ourselves, but rather, we should seek to chip away at the ways… — Mark Manson Seek Copy Share Image
“Freedom grants the opportunity for greater meaning, but by itself there is nothing necessarily meaningful about it. Ultimately, the only way to… — Mark Manson Freedom 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. If… — Mark Manson Better 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 Happiness Copy Share Image
“They’re told that they’re afraid of failure, of rejection, of someone saying no. But that’s not it. Sure, rejection hurts. Failure sucks.… — Mark Manson Afraid of failure 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 Cell phone Copy Share Image
“Right now, anyone who is offended about anything--whether it's the fact that a book about racism was assigned in a university class,… — Mark Manson Books Copy Share Image
“Outrage porn": rather than report on real stories and real issues, the media find it much easier (and more profitable) to find… — Mark Manson Fake news Copy Share Image
“There are some experiences that you can have only when you’ve lived in the same place for five years, when you’ve been… — Mark Manson Commitment Copy Share Image
“Most people correctly identify a person like Jimmy as a raging narcissistic ass-hat. That’s because he’s pretty blatant in his delusionally high… — Mark Manson Entitlement Copy Share Image
“Having lived under communism for so many generations, with little to no economic opportunity and caged by a culture of fear, Russian… — Mark Manson Trust 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
“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
“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 Year Olds 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
“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
“Being open with your insecurities paradoxically makes you more confident and charismatic around others.” — Mark Manson Charismatic 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
“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
“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
“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 Interpret Copy Share Image
“We feel bad about feeling bad. We feel guilty for feeling guilty. We get angry about getting angry. We get anxious about… — Mark Manson Feeling bad Copy Share Image
I love massive books: books so big, like bricks, you could drown yourself in a pool with them if you're not careful. — Mark Manson Big Copy Share Image
“As with most excesses in life, you have to drown yourself in them to realize that they don’t make you happy.” — Mark Manson Life Copy Share Image
“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 Stopped Copy Share Image
