Quotes About Strength

complex systems are weakened, even killed, when deprived of stressors.

Nor did the point escape Machiavelli. Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote, citing him: "It seemed, wrote Machiavelli, that in the midst of murders and civil wars, our republic became stronger [and] its citizens infused

later—unlike gardeners, who understand rather well that pruning trees strengthens them. Likewise peace—some kind of forced, constrained, non-natural peace—may be costly in lives: just

The convex (left) is antifragile, the concave (right) is fragile (has

Heikot toimivat tarpeidensa mukaan, vahvemmat velvollisuutensa.

his showing up during a battle was the equivalent of adding twenty-five thousand troops.

The fragile has no option. But the antifragile needs to select what's best—the best option.

triggers some feeling of bitterness.

What did not kill me did not make me stronger, but spared me because i am stronger than others; but it killed others and the average population is now stronger because the weak are gone.

size hurts you at times of stress; it is not a good idea to be large during difficult times.

once a man crossed the forty-year mark, he had shown that very few ailments could harm him.

Large animals are more fragile to shocks than small ones—

Otherwise they become fragile. That, I completely missed.* Organisms need, to use the metaphor of Marcus Aurelius, to turn obstacles into fuel—just as fire does.

someone who cannot be squeezed into doing something he would otherwise never do.

The wealth process is dominated by winner-take-all effects. Any form of control of the wealth process—typically instigated by bureaucrats—tends to lock people with privileges in their state of entitlement. So the solution is to allow the system to destroy the strong, something that works best in the United States.

hackers make systems stronger.

Verbal threats reveal nothing beyond weakness and unreliability. Remember, once again, no verbal threats.

Whenever possible, replace the doctor with human antifragility. But otherwise don't be shy with aggressive treatments.

Je préférerais être bête et antifragile qu'extrêmement intelligent et fragile, à n'importe quel moment.

taking the other side of fragility makes you antifragile.)

was not intelligent enough, nor strong enough, to even try to fight my emotions.

but we always came back more resilient than before. We are now invincible.

BaÅŸar? olsun ya da olmas?n aya??n?z yere bast???nda, insanlar?n düÅŸünceleri kar??s?nda kendinizi daha kay?ts?z ve dayan?kl?, daha özgür, daha gerçek hissedersiniz.

that in the midst of murders and civil wars, our republic became stronger [and] its citizens infused with virtues.… A little bit of agitation gives resources to souls and what makes the species prosper isn't peace, but freedom.