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"Everything will be forgotten and nothing will be repaired", from Milan Kundera.

The life of a punctual man is a hell of undeserved loneliness

I read this in a book when I was 15 and I've never been on time since

Better to do it than live with the fear of it, I always say

German quote from an old podcast: Konsequenz heißt auch Holzwege zuende gehen.

Rough translation: Being consequent means also following the wrong path to the end.

It's used for people or organisations that tend to stick to a decision to the end, even if that decision was obviously flawed. E.g. sticking to extremely stick to a regulation even if it's outdated/was dumb from the beginning. Corporate password policies are a good example.

Assumption is the mother of all fuckups.

From citizen Kane:

"It's easy to make a lot of money, if all you want is a lot of money"

Or something to that effect. Think about that line often

"If you are racist, I will attack you with the North"

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." - Steve Jobs

Now that your worry has proved such an unlucrative business, why not find a better job?

Success leads to stagnation; stagnation leads to failure. ... Failure leads to maturity; maturity leads to success.

• Steven Brust (from Jhereg)

"Good things come to those who wait". It has been true so many times in my life.

Pick your battles.

Once is never, twice is always.

"Think for yourself and question authority." It's on a TOOL album.

“He has no friends” - Dad

“You judge yourself by your intentions, but judge others by their actions”

This has helped me with my procrastination and helping to understand co-workers and people in general. Life gets busy and we always mean do get to things, but it’s really on what we actually do and complete that is real.

It's better to regret something you have done than something you haven't.

“If God is all-powerful, He cannot be all good. And if He is all good, then He cannot be all-powerful.”

It is by doing whatever that one becomes whoever.

You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think. - Marcus Aurelius

Basically at any given moment, any from a random assortment of Simpsons quotes. Right now it’s “but when are they gonna get to the fireworks factory?”

"Who controls the present controls the past. Who controls the past controls the future"

For my whole life is a tall order. Probably "what goes around comes around".

"Love is the only rational act." -Morrie Schwartz, Tuesdays with Morrie.