Quotes of Interest

“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” — Captain Jack Sparrow

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” — C. S. Lewis

“In the seen, there is simply the seen. This is, in fact, the end of suffering.” — Bāhiya Sutta

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” — Samuel Beckett

“Truth doesn't hedge.” — Sreekar Charan

“Live to the point of tears.” — Albert Camus

“Don’t let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what’s right.” — Salvor Hardin, from Foundation by Isaac Asimov

”I like the moment when I break a man’s ego”—Robert James Fischer

“Preoccupied with a single leaf... you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree... you'll miss the entire forest.”—Vagabond

”Tactics flow from a superior position”—Robert James Fischer

”Chess (for non-masters) is a matter of playing good-enough-moves until your position is good enough to capitalize…same with life. Just don’t stop playing” —Anonymous

"I am a curious idiot first before anything else" --Sreekar Charan

"Give me examples. I crave the concrete before the abstract." -- Sreekar Charan

Anecdotes

Diogenes was approached by Alexander the Great, who offered to grant him any wish. Diogenes replied:

“Stand out of my sunlight.”

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I once saw a teacher say to a student

“If I saw you leaning in your chair, I wouldn’t wish to work for you.”

He answered:

“Don’t worry. I wouldn’t hire you in the first place ”

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I once asked an anonymous student:

“What do you do so differently? Why are you so out of distribution?”

After thinking about it, He said :

“I think it’s because I care more. I always look deeper”