Commonplace

A collection of quotes, passages, and ideas from books, people, and my own thoughts.

"The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you."

- Carl Jung

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

- Chinese Proverb

"But if we stop and go no farther, why go so far?"

- David Hume

"Perfectionism is the cleverest guise of fear, not of high standards."

- Unknown

"Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom."

- Arthur Schopenhauer

"If a stone which has been projected through the air had consciousness, it would believe that it was moving of its own free will."

- Baruch Spinoza

"Akıllı köprüyü arayana kadar deli suyu geçer."

(While the wise man looks for the bridge, the fool crosses the river.)

- Turkish Proverb

"The ultimate project of a person is oneself."