Quotes
The quality of your mind determines the quality of your life.
Sam Harris
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
- Kahlil Gibran
You will be miserable to the degree that you are hung up on the notion that things should—must—go a certain way. If you have no fixed view, you remain elastic.
Alan Watts - The Self
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.
- Mary Oliver
Whether it’s articulated or not, every business is driven by one of two philosophies. A company is either competition-driven or story-driven.
Bernadette Jiwa • Story Driven: You don't need to compete when you know who you are
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
“Problems don’t impede progress. Problems are the conduit of progress. No problems, no progress. That is why I reject utopia, because there are no problems there.” Kevin Kelly
obsessing over quality often demands that you slow down, as the focus required to get better is simply not compatible with busyness.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
There are at least a billion people on earth at this moment who would consider their prayers answered if they could trade places with you.
- Sam Harris - Mind & Emotion