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← Whoever is content and knows when to stop needs fear no shame or blame, and lives long, free from danger

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 18 Aug 2011 to 2 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under CBT CBT Everything filed under family family Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Whoever is content and knows when to stop needs fear no shame or blame, and lives long, free from danger Whoever is content and knows when to stopneeds fear no shame or blame, and liveslong, free from danger LA Laozi — holds since c. 450–250 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Someone who knows both the enemy and themselves need not fear the result of a hundred battles — tap to centre the map on it Someone who knows both the enemy andthemselves need not fear the resultof a hundred battles ST Sun Tzu — holds since c. 500–430 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A person can be happy despite a misfortune by staying free from pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearing the future — tap to centre the map on it A person can be happy despite amisfortune by staying free frompain, neither crushed by the presentnor fearing the future MA Marcus Aurelius — holds since c. 171–175 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Piety founded on reason and truth is secure; piety founded on feeling and inclination will not last — tap to centre the map on it Piety founded on reason and truth issecure; piety founded on feeling andinclination will not last MA Mary Astell — holds since c. 1694–1697 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anyone who honestly opposes a multitude's wrongdoing in public life will not survive; a fighter for right needs a private station — tap to centre the map on it Anyone who honestly opposes amultitude's wrongdoing in publiclife will not survive; a fighter forright needs a private station SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Removing your own ability to retreat is how you make yourself follow through on a hard change. — tap to centre the map on it Removing your own ability to retreatis how you make yourself followthrough on a hard change. Last stated 3 years ago 20 Apr 2023 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2023-04-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Do not take evil-doers or low people for friends; have the virtuous, the best of people, for friends — tap to centre the map on it Do not take evil-doers or low peoplefor friends; have the virtuous, thebest of people, for friends GB Gautama Buddha — holds since c. 500–401 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Fearing death is a pretence of wisdom; no one knows whether death may be the greatest good — tap to centre the map on it Fearing death is a pretence ofwisdom; no one knows whether deathmay be the greatest good SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A ruler should wish to be both loved and feared, but if one must be given up it is much safer to be feared — tap to centre the map on it A ruler should wish to be both lovedand feared, but if one must be givenup it is much safer to be feared NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. — tap to centre the map on it A world where altruists followedexpected-value estimates would beone where nearly all of them helpeddistant strangers instead of thepeople around them, and that worldwould be worse. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can have a significant positive impact on people's lives — tap to centre the map on it AI can have a significant positiveimpact on people's lives Last stated yesterday 2 Oct 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-10-02 — 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 abranding term rather than ascientific one, and in practice itis a code word for "notpsychodynamic". Last stated 13 years ago 2 Oct 2013 JS Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2013-10-02 — 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 moreeffective if it is compared againstanother treatment intended to help,not against a control nobodyexpected 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: youdo first and feel afterwards, notthe 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: A very long life would not grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out. — tap to centre the map on it A very long life would not growboring, because pleasures spaced farenough apart do not wear out. Last stated 4 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: As water takes on the nature of the soil it flows through, a person's wisdom takes on the company they keep — tap to centre the map on it As water takes on the nature of thesoil it flows through, a person'swisdom takes on the company theykeep TH Thiruvalluvar — holds since c. 450–500 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Friendship with the upright, the sincere and the well-informed helps you; friendship with the showy, the smooth and the glib harms you — tap to centre the map on it Friendship with the upright, thesincere and the well-informed helpsyou; friendship with the showy, thesmooth and the glib harms you CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are
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At the centre Whoever is content and knows when to stop needs fear no shame or blame, and lives long, free from danger Last stated c. 450–250 BCE Holds Laozi Read this korrent →