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Read this korrent: Admitting at least one painful truth to oneself every day is as useful as a daily kind action
Admitting at least one painful truth to oneself every day is as useful as a daily kind action
BR
Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Seeking, knowing and believing truth is the highest good of human nature — tap to centre the map on it
Seeking, knowing and believing truth is the highest good of human nature
FB
Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Discussing virtue daily is the greatest good, and the unexamined life is not worth living — tap to centre the map on it
Discussing virtue daily is the greatest good, and the unexamined life is not worth living
SO
Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are
Same subject: Another soul can provoke me but not instruct me; I must find what it says true in myself or reject it — tap to centre the map on it
Another soul can provoke me but not instruct me; I must find what it says true in myself or reject it
Last stated 188 years ago
15 Jul 1838
RE
Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1838-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every strength is its own weakness and every weakness is a strength; nobody gets every dimension of themselves to a hundred percent. — tap to centre the map on it
Every strength is its own weakness and every weakness is a strength; nobody gets every dimension of themselves to a hundred percent.
Last stated a year ago
21 Sept 2025
JZ
Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Everyone is capable of great evil, and consciously recognizing that capacity in oneself is protective rather than harmful. — tap to centre the map on it
Everyone is capable of great evil, and consciously recognizing that capacity in oneself is protective rather than harmful.
Last stated a year ago
8 Sept 2025
GS
Guy Spier — holds since 2025-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Act so as to treat humanity, in yourself or in anyone else, always as an end and never as a means only — tap to centre the map on it
Act so as to treat humanity, in yourself or in anyone else, always as an end and never as a means only
IK
Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What pains a person is not the external thing but their own judgement about it, which they have the power to wipe out — tap to centre the map on it
What pains a person is not the external thing but their own judgement about it, which they have the power to wipe out
MA
Marcus Aurelius — holds since c. 171–175 CE — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it
Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin
NM
Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic". — tap to centre the map on it
"Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic".
Last stated 13 years ago
2 Oct 2013
JS
Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2013-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person strives for value and meaning, not for pleasure — tap to centre the map on it
A person strives for value and meaning, not for pleasure
VF
Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1950–1997 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Beneath the shifting multiplicity of selves lies a constant, often called the soul, that can be uncovered only at great cost to the ego. — tap to centre the map on it
Beneath the shifting multiplicity of selves lies a constant, often called the soul, that can be uncovered only at great cost to the ego.
Last stated 6 days ago
27 Sept 2026
MP
Maria Popova — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work. — tap to centre the map on it
A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work.
Last stated 2 years ago
11 Sept 2024
SM
Scott D. Miller — holds since 2024-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round. — tap to centre the map on it
Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
LF
Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Dreading a future experience causes much of human suffering by making that imagined suffering happen now. — tap to centre the map on it
Dreading a future experience causes much of human suffering by making that imagined suffering happen now.
Last stated 3 months ago
23 Jun 2026
SC
Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-06-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A culture that emphasizes self-esteem over self-knowledge leaves people less equipped to resist doing monstrous things. — tap to centre the map on it
A culture that emphasizes self-esteem over self-knowledge leaves people less equipped to resist doing monstrous things.
Last stated a year ago
8 Sept 2025
GS
Guy Spier — holds since 2025-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A culture that only trusts what can be put into words will treat unnamed inner experiences as unreal or as a disorder. — tap to centre the map on it
A culture that only trusts what can be put into words will treat unnamed inner experiences as unreal or as a disorder.
Last stated 4 months ago
18 Jun 2026
KR
Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A framing of an experience can accurately capture how it feels while being wrong about why it happens. — tap to centre the map on it
A framing of an experience can accurately capture how it feels while being wrong about why it happens.
Last stated a month ago
19 Aug 2026
KR
Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
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Admitting at least one painful truth to oneself every day is as useful as a daily kind action
Last stated c. 1930
Holds Bertrand Russell
Read this korrent →
Similar wording
Seeking, knowing and believing truth is the highest good of human nature
Last stated c. 1597–1625
Holds Francis Bacon
Similar wording
Discussing virtue daily is the greatest good, and the unexamined life is not worth living
Last stated c. 399 BCE
Holds Socrates
Similar wording
Another soul can provoke me but not instruct me; I must find what it says true in myself or reject it
Last stated 15 Jul 1838 · 188 years ago
Holds Ralph Waldo Emerson
Similar wording
Every strength is its own weakness and every weakness is a strength; nobody gets every dimension of themselves to a hundred percent.
Last stated 21 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Julie Zhuo
Similar wording
Everyone is capable of great evil, and consciously recognizing that capacity in oneself is protective rather than harmful.
Last stated 8 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Guy Spier
Similar wording
Act so as to treat humanity, in yourself or in anyone else, always as an end and never as a means only
Last stated c. 1785
Holds Immanuel Kant
Similar wording
What pains a person is not the external thing but their own judgement about it, which they have the power to wipe out
Last stated c. 171–175 CE
Holds Marcus Aurelius
Similar wording
Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin
Last stated c. 1513–1514
Holds Niccolò Machiavelli
Same subject: Psychodynamic therapy
"Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic".
Last stated 2 Oct 2013 · 13 years ago
Holds Jonathan Shedler
Same subject: Psychodynamic therapy
A person strives for value and meaning, not for pleasure
Last stated c. 1950–1997
Holds Viktor Frankl
Same subject: Psychodynamic therapy
Beneath the shifting multiplicity of selves lies a constant, often called the soul, that can be uncovered only at great cost to the ego.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds Maria Popova
Same subject: CBT
A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work.
Last stated 11 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Scott D. Miller
Same subject: CBT
Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round.
Last stated 30 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Lex Fridman
Same subject: CBT
Dreading a future experience causes much of human suffering by making that imagined suffering happen now.
Last stated 23 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Sasha Chapin
Same subject: Psychotherapy
A culture that emphasizes self-esteem over self-knowledge leaves people less equipped to resist doing monstrous things.
Last stated 8 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Guy Spier
Same subject: Psychotherapy
A culture that only trusts what can be put into words will treat unnamed inner experiences as unreal or as a disorder.
Last stated 18 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Kenneth Reitz
Same subject: Psychotherapy
A framing of an experience can accurately capture how it feels while being wrong about why it happens.
Last stated 19 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Kenneth Reitz