What you know for sure may be the problem

"It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so."
—JOSH BILLINGS

This sentence was used in the movie The Big Short, that tries to explain the economical crash of USA in 2008-2009.

"O Brasil tem seu corpo na América e sua alma na África.”

"Brazil has its body in America, but its soul in Africa"

PADRE ANTÔNIO VIEIRA,

missionário jesuíta na Bahia, 1691

All you see is all there is

"If all you know is how many times someone hit a target, it is loserthink to judge how accurate they are. You also need to know how many times they missed." Loserthinker

The mind is restless

“The mind is restless, Krishna, impetuous, self-willed, hard to

train: to master the mind seems as difficult as to master the

mighty winds.” THE BHAGAVAD GITA

The ego is the enemy

Arrogance of civil servant in Brazil

“it makes me truly sad the way science works in Brazil, especially on the  civil servant , how arrogant they when it comes to their position”

É preciso chorar no começo para rir no fim