Characteristics Quote by Tim Ferriss Download Open image “In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite.” — Tim Ferriss ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Characteristics Endeavor Excess Opposites Possession
One's own self or material goods, which has more worth? Loss (of self) or possession (of goods), which is the greater evil? He who… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Certain material possessions make my life more enjoyable, many others do not…. All too often, a vast collection of possessions end up possessing their… — Bernardo Kliksberg Copy Share Image
The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“A person functioning exclusively in the Cartesian mode may be free from manifest symptoms but cannot be considered mentally healthy. Such individuals typically lead… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession. — Sarah Josepha Hale Copy Share Image
Anyone, without any great penetration, may distinguish the dispositions consequent on wealth; for its possessors are insolent and overbearing, from being tainted in a certain way by the getting of their wealth. For they are affected as though they possessed every good; since wealth is a sort of standard of the worth of other things; whence every thing seems to… — Aristotle Copy Share
“It is of our nature to exceed ourselves. Overflowing the mesaure is built into what we are. So, too, is rejoicing in this superabundance… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Destitution and excessive luxury develop apparently the same ideals, the same marauding attitude towards mankind, the intensity of struggle for material goods, -- surely… — Alice James Copy Share Image
Those that much covet are with gain so fond, For what they have not, that which they possess They scatter and unloose it from… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“For those who have little are not equally held in subjection by their possessions as those who overflow with affluence, for then the love… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Fun things happen when you earn dollars, live on pesos, and compensate in rupees. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
As far as income goes, there are three currencies in the world; most people ignore two. The three currencies are time, income and mobility,… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Reality is negotiable. Outside of science and law, all rules can be bent or broken, and it doesn’t require being unethical.” — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Unbeknownst to most fun-loving bipeds, not all stress is bad. Indeed, the New Rich don't aim to eliminate all stress. Not in the least. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
I learned to associate discomfort with getting better. And that transcended wrestling and applied to a lot of other things in life. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Three ingredients of luxury lifestyle design are time, income, and mobility. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Just as modern man consumes both too many calories and calories of no nutritional value, information workers eat data both in excess and from… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
People frequently fail when they try to do everything at once. They approach a massive project and quickly get discouraged. Taking small, but high-value… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Doing less is not being lazy. Don't give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
One of the key characteristics of the comic book medium is that it is not brought to life by just one voice. — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
Those who know New York City primarily through tourism or mass culture may think of us natives as possessing certain shared characteristics, not all… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
Sometimes, Ms. Lane," he said, "one must break with one's past to embrace one's future. It is never an easy thing to do. It… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
Just because someone thinks they remember something in detail, with confidence and with emotion, does not mean that it actually happened, .. False memories… — Elizabeth Loftus Copy Share Image
Consequently, citizen legislators, rotating back to their communities after a short period of public service—considered an indispensable and routine characteristic and design of representative… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A second characteristic of the process which for me is the good life, is that it involves an increasingly tendency to live fully in… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is one of the most hopeful characteristics of our time. — Mary Livermore Copy Share Image
God has given this way of life to Israel: to abstain from everything which is contrary to nature, that is to say, anger, fits… — Poemen Copy Share Image
The most significant moment will be when we stop referring to the hiring of qualified women (and racial, ethnic and religious minorities) as significant.… — Amy Trask Copy Share Image
Iron and coal dominated everywhere, from grey to black: the black boots, the black stove-pipe hat, the black coach or carriage, the black iron… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image