Majicman Notes

There will be no one like us when we are gone, but then there is no one like anyone else, ever. When people die, they cannot be replaced. They leave holes that cannot be filled,… Read more

The novel de­scribes the ut­ter dis­or­der and chaos of bat­tle. The or­ders of the gen­er­als on both sides of the Napoleonic war he chron­i­cles “were sel­dom car­ried out, and then only par­tially. For the most… Read more

There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it… Read more

I’ve realized now that hope almost never goes together with reason. It’s something quite irrational and instinctive. People carry on as though their whole life lies ahead of them. It’s impossible to say whether that’s… Read more

In war, the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won. Sun Tzu, The Art of War Read more

Lenin is often credited with coining the term “useful idiot,” poleznyi durak in Russian, meaning one who can be used to spread propaganda without being aware of it or subscribing. Ben Macintyre The Spy and… Read more

Human beings suffer,They torture one another,They get hurt and get hard.No poem or play or songCan fully right a wrongInflicted and endured … History says, don’t hopeOn this side of the grave.But then, once in… Read more

When Eileen Gu says, “You can control how you think, and therefore, you can control who you are,” she makes a bold claim about agency. Identity, she suggests, is not fixed but trained. Just as… Read more

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. Dante Alighieri Read more

In a multi-year study published in Harvard Business Review, Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen examined what truly separates innovative leaders from non-creative professionals. Their conclusion was striking: the defining skill… Read more