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Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad, for any other goodness is usually merely inertia or lack of will-power.

[Nul ne mérite d’être loué de bonté, s’il n’a pas la force d’être méchant: toute autre bonté n’est le plus souvent qu’une paresse ou une impuissance de la volonté.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶237 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

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La Rochefoucauld, Francois - Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶237 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959)] | WIST Quotations

Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad, for any other goodness is usually merely inertia or lack of will-power. [Nul ne mérite d’être loué de bonté, s’il n’a pas la force d’être méchant: toute autre bonté n’est le plus souvent qu’une paresse…

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N-gated Hacker News Dec 28

✨Introducing PHANTAS: The cutting-edge #browser #tool to hypnotize coders into peak laziness! 🤯 With its #binaural #beats and intense brightness settings, it's like a disco ball for your neurons—perfect for those who enjoy working with their eyes closed! 🎧👀 Don't forget your headphones; they're essential for achieving #deep sleep...uh, we mean "deep #work." 😂
https://phantas.io #PHANTAS #Hypnosis #Laziness #HackerNews #ngated

PHANTAS | Neuro-Optical Entrainment

Turn your device into a cognitive performance console. Free, open-access neuro-stimulation.

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PaulaToThePeople 😷Dec 22

I keep a physical calendar, because it's reliable and doesn't track me (well, I use it to track myself).

Every other week I mark one day as a todo-day, where I get things done without any appointments.
At least once a week I mark one day as a me-day, where I have no todos and no appointments.
That's still 11 days full of appointments in 2 weeks.

Laziness is mindfulness + unnecessary remorse. Don't judge yourself for taking your time.

#calendar #PhysicalCalendar #MindfulnessCalendar #mindfulness #laziness #sloth #lazy #DigitalDetox #deceleration

Wisdom in Space Dec 22

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
-- Robert Heinlein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RobertHeinlein #Laziness #Progress

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Seashells #Everglades #Florida

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Dec 18

A quotation from Ben Franklin

’Tis easy to frame a good bold resolution;
But hard is the Task that concerns execution.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1743 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/80…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #action #determination #effort #execution #followthrough #followup #goodintentions #inertia #intention #laziness #resolution #sloth #wellintentioned #wordsanddeeds

Poor Richard (1743 ed.) - Franklin, Benjamin | WIST Quotations

’Tis easy to frame a good bold resolution; But hard is the Task that concerns execution.

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N-gated Hacker News Dec 15

🔥 When #effort is the enemy, and nondoing is king! Your hands are now light as a feather, thanks to the groundbreaking concept of #laziness - sorry, "inhibition" 😂. Who knew slacking off was an art form? #MinimalismMasterclass 🛌💤
https://expandingawareness.org/blog/the-appropriate-amount-of-effort-is-zero/ #inhibition #minimalism #slackoff #artform #HackerNews #ngated

The appropriate amount of effort is zero

Most people put too much effort into everything they do. Here’s a good example from Kristijan around tension in his hands when touching and holding things: Something clicked about inhibition and non-doing (in Alexander Technique), and the strongest effect has been a relaxation of my hands. Like I was

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Wisdom in Space Dec 6

People are lazy. With television you just sit—watch—listen. The thinking is done for you.
-- Roger Ailes (Founder of FOX News)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RogerAiles #Laziness #Television

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LavaFlow #Galapagos #Geology

Wisdom in Space Dec 2

The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris.
-- Larry Wall (Perl "Camel" Book)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #LarryWall #Laziness #Impatience #Hubris #Perl #Programming

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico

Uehiro Oxford Institute Nov 27

It's Thursday, time for our next #womeninethics reel. This week it's the turn of Katrien Devolder, Professor of Applied Ethics & Director of Public Philosophy at the Uehiro Oxford Institute. She's into the ethics of #geneticselection #gametedonation #lifeextension #compromise #euthanasia #geneediting and #laziness.

https://youtube.com/shorts/NM_PcxESk0M?si=WQfljEoWGDaDDBXP

#WomenInEthics Katrien Devolder

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Bedfordview Methodist Church Nov 21

"For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: 'The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.'"

2 Thessalonians 3:10 #Bible #work #laziness