Mark Twain: "Do not argue with fools. From a distance you both lo..."

Why This Quote Matters

This one zeroes in on distance. It is the kind of line that sounds simple until you slow down and read it twice. The second read is usually where it starts to mean something.

Send it to someone going through something hard. Not with a lecture attached. Just the words, and a thought that you were thinking of them.

Words like these do their best work when you stop rushing and let them sit for a minute.