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From time to time I meet with a youth in whom I can wish for no alteration or improvement, only I am sorry to see how often his nature makes him quite ready to swim with the stream of the time; and it is on this that I would always insist, that man in his fragile boat has the rudder placed in his hand, just that he may not be at the mercy of the wa
... See moreJohann Wolfgang von Goethe • Maxims and Reflections
Like a river flows,
Carried by the surprise
Of its own unfolding.”
– John O’Donohue
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“Who looks for me in form / who seeks me in a voice / indulges in wasted effort / such people see me not.”
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
John Green • The Fault in Our Stars
“There is no measuring with time, no year matters, and ten years are nothing. Being an artist means, not reckoning and counting, but ripening like the tree which does not force its sap and stands confident in the storms of spring without the fear that after them may come no summer. It does come. But it comes only to the patient, who are there as th
... See moreAustin Kleon • Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)
It takes a long time to sift through the more superficial voices of your own gift in order to enter into the deep signature and tonality of your Otherness.
John O'Donohue • Anam Cara: 25th Anniversary Edition
WHEN you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of God."
Kahlil Gibran • The Prophet ; ebook
