"I Wish Upon You Ample Doses Of Pain And Suffering" \ stacker news ~econ

"I Wish Upon You Ample Doses Of Pain And Suffering"www.zerohedge.com/markets/i-wish-upon-you-ample-doses-pain-and-suffering

1467 sats \ 9 comments \ @siggy47 18 Mar econ

I wasn't sure which territory to post this to. It could have been philosophy. I love this quote:

When Heaven is about to confer a great office on a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil,

I like this one too:

Greatness comes from character and character isn’t formed out of smart people – it’s formed out of people who suffered,

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128 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 18 Mar

"Character is destiny." is one of my wife's favorite quotes.

23 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 18 Mar

Is character inherent or cultivated?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 18 Mar

The Aristotelian view is that character is a result of practicing the virtues until they become habit.

86 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 18 Mar

I am surprised Jensen wasn't removed by campus security for making students feel unsafe by suggesting they will need to struggle and suffer in life to get where they want to go. Heresy.

76 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 18 Mar

Full stop that’s proof of work!

76 sats \ 0 replies \ @03d99caedc 18 Mar

I think I’ve had my quota of that wish so my wish is for it to go where it is productive.

76 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 18 Mar

NGL, I normally don't bother with Zerohedge (just not a writing style I enjoy), but this was a genuine gem (both the writing and the video itself).

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 18 Mar

The site usually reprints articles from elsewhere, so you never know what will turn up.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 18 Mar

Very Buddhist except for the heaven part

This is the opposite of DEI