Moodboard

The Death and Life of Great Scenius“The real powerful force, I believe, is a bunch of nerds trying to outdo each other. … It's Eric Clapton looking at Jimi Hendrix and going What The Fuck.”

A Shameless Worship of Heroes“For why should we stand reverent before waterfalls and mountain tops, or a summer moon on a quiet sea, and not before the highest miracle of all — a man who is both great and good?”

Excuse Me But Why Are You Eating So Many Frogs“Strangling your passions in exchange for an elite life is like being on the Titanic after the iceberg, water up to your chin, with everybody telling you that you're so lucky to be on the greatest steamship of all time.”

Like an Iron Bell“My mother's last word to me clanks inside me like an iron bell that someone beats at dinnertime: love, love, love, love, love.”

Radical Fun“Some people are ambitious about the impact of their work; I am ambitious about how much fun I'm having.”

Staring Into the Abyss as a Core Life Skill“Staring into the abyss means thinking reasonably about things that are uncomfortable to contemplate, like arguments against your religious beliefs, or in favor of breaking up with your partner.”

Machines of Loving Grace“But it is a world worth fighting for. … I mean the experience of watching a long-held set of ideals materialize in front of us all at once. I think many will be literally moved to tears by it.”

The Inner Ring“Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man do very bad things.”

On Sincerity“Sincerity actually asks its questions. And it risks changing its life in response.”

How I Attained Persistent Self-Love, or, I Demand Deep Okayness For Everyone“Deep Okayness is not the feeling that I am awesome all the time. … It's the closure of the self as an attack surface.”