I love Esquire’s What I’ve Learned feature, in which (usually famous) people share their opinions, life lessons, and arbitrary thoughts.
From Christopher Walken:
Most of the jobs I get are basically very unwholesome people. There’s always something wrong with the guy, and sometimes something deeply wrong. I’m tired of that. I tell my agent I want a [...]
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
- Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy
This statement, written by Will Durant in his profile of Aristotle’s life and philosophy, is both inspiring and daunting to me.
Who am I really? I know what I believe. I know who I want to [...]
“Every man I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims - Greatness
I stumbled across this quotation several years ago and was struck by the simple but compelling truth it expresses. Although I’ve generally made an effort to treat others with respect [...]