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Ever since the Cognitive Revolution, Sapiens have thus been living in a dual reality. On the one hand, the objective reality of rivers, trees and lions; and on the other hand, the imagined reality of gods, nations and corporations. As time went by, the imagined reality became ever more powerful, so that today the very survival of rivers, trees and lions depends on the grace of imagined entities such as the United States and Google.

— Sapiens por Yuval Noah Harari

He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,” he used to say. “You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.

— The Fellowship of the Ring por J. R. R. Tolkien

...you’ll inevitably find that your work maintains an aloof indifference to your sacrifice rather than rewarding it.

— Staff Engineer por Will Larson, Tanya Reilly

Do not fall into the error of the artisan who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft while in fact he has had only one year of experience—twenty times.

— Shibumi por Trevanian.

Cuánto tiempo libre gana el que no mira qué dijo, hizo o pensó el vecino, sino exclusivamente qué hace él mismo, a fin de que su acción sea justa, santa o enteramente buena.

— MEDITACIONES por MARCO AURELIO