“I thought love was something that just happened, not something that you worked for.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“The woman’s head jolted back as if he had just flung a brick at her.” — Mark Manson 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
“Action isn’t just the effect of motivation; it’s also the cause of it.” — Mark Manson Action 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
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
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
“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
“Most of us struggle throughout our lives by giving too many fucks in situations where fucks do not deserve to be given.” — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
I hate calendars, and after running my own online business for almost 10 years, I still don't have one. — Mark Manson Business Copy Share Image
“Denying negative emotions leads to experiencing deeper and more prolonged negative emotions and to emotional dysfunction. Constant positivity is a form of… — Mark Manson Negative emotions Copy Share Image
The fear of failure never goes away. In many ways, you could argue that success multiplies the opportunities for failure. It's just… — Mark Manson Failure Copy Share Image
“The deeper the pain, the more helpless we feel against our problems, and the more entitlement we adopt to compensate for those… — Mark Manson Entitlement 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 Existential 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 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 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
“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
“Because I failed to separate what I felt from what was, I was incapable of stepping outside myself and seeing the world… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“It would be awesome. And sick. And sad. And uplifting. And necessary. After all, the greatest truths in life are usually the… — Mark Manson Junk food Copy Share Image
“My recommendation: don’t be special; don’t be unique. Redefine your metrics in mundane and broad ways. Choose to measure yourself not as… — Mark Manson Define yourself Copy Share Image
“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 Afraid of failure Copy Share Image
“This is why our problems are recursive and unavoidable. The person you marry is the person you fight with. The house you… — Mark Manson Dream job Copy Share Image
“But it’s a generation later and the data is in: we’re not all exceptional. It turns out that merely feeling good about… — Mark Manson Adversity Copy Share Image
“Just as we look back in horror at the lives of people five hundred years ago, I imagine people five hundred years… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“There’s a bluntness to Russian culture that generally rubs Westerners the wrong way. Gone are the fake niceties and verbal webs of… — Mark Manson Russia Copy Share Image
It's easy to want the benefits of something; it's hard to want the cost. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
'War and Peace' may be the most epic thing ever created by a human being. — Mark Manson Being Copy Share Image
