Solitude is a good, and very different from loneliness.

— Anja Publications, Philosophy Now

When scientists analyze people who appear to have tremendous self-control, it turns out those individuals aren’t all that different from those who are struggling. Instead, “disciplined” people are better at structuring their lives in a way that does not require heroic willpower and self-control. In other words, they spend less time in tempting situations.

— James Clear, Atomic Habits

“machines can never make mistakes. ”Errors of conclusion can only arise when some meaning is attached to the output signals from the machine.

— Douglas R Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett, The Mind’s I

If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby

— Eliezer Yudkowsky, How to Actually Change Your Mind

I can’t find a reason for that happiness, which is proof positive of its authenticity. Any other kind of happiness is a conditioned reflex, like in Pavlov’s dog.

— Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel, The Physics of Sorrow