“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” —The Buddha “Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.” —Henry David Thoreau “The ancestor of every action is a thought.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson “A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.”Continue reading “More Fortune Cookie Philosophy…and Five Quotes Regarding the Effect of Thought”
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More Fortune Cookie Philosophy…and Five Quotes Regarding the Effect of Thought
“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” —The Buddha “Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.” —Henry David Thoreau “The ancestor of every action is a thought.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson “A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.”Continue reading “More Fortune Cookie Philosophy…and Five Quotes Regarding the Effect of Thought”
Five Quotes from William Arthur Ward
If you can imagine it,You can achieve it.If you can dream it,You can become it. To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation. It is wise to direct your anger towards problems — notContinue reading “Five Quotes from William Arthur Ward”
Five Quotes from William Arthur Ward
If you can imagine it,You can achieve it.If you can dream it,You can become it. To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation. It is wise to direct your anger towards problems — notContinue reading “Five Quotes from William Arthur Ward”
Five Quotes From Carlos Castaneda
Image found here. “The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.” “The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.” “In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there isContinue reading “Five Quotes From Carlos Castaneda”
Five Quotes From Carlos Castaneda
Image found here. “The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.” “The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.” “In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there isContinue reading “Five Quotes From Carlos Castaneda”
Five Quotes from Simone Weil
Simone Weil3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943To read more about Simone Weil, click here and here. “Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.” “It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that isContinue reading “Five Quotes from Simone Weil”
Five Quotes from Simone Weil
Simone Weil3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943To read more about Simone Weil, click here and here. “Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.” “It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that isContinue reading “Five Quotes from Simone Weil”
Five Quotes from Lao Tzu
The image of Lao Tzu was found here. To learn more about him, click here. At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking,Continue reading “Five Quotes from Lao Tzu”
Five Quotes from Lao Tzu
The image of Lao Tzu was found here. To learn more about him, click here. At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking,Continue reading “Five Quotes from Lao Tzu”
Five Quotes from Nelson Mandela
Image found at the Wall of Inspiration. Mr. Mandela was born 93 years ago today and the world is a better place because of him. To read a previous post quoting him click here. “I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keepingContinue reading “Five Quotes from Nelson Mandela”
Five Quotes from Nelson Mandela
Image found at the Wall of Inspiration. Mr. Mandela was born 93 years ago today and the world is a better place because of him. To read a previous post quoting him click here. “I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keepingContinue reading “Five Quotes from Nelson Mandela”
Five Quotes (and a short video) from Seth Godin
“Here’s the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can’t tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there’d be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map. Don’t you hate that? IContinue reading “Five Quotes (and a short video) from Seth Godin”
Five Quotes (and a short video) from Seth Godin
“Here’s the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can’t tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there’d be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map. Don’t you hate that? IContinue reading “Five Quotes (and a short video) from Seth Godin”
Five Quotes From Ernest Hemingway
When I was a young and impressionable man two writers in particular had a great effect on my life: Jack Kerouac and Ernest Hemingway. Like them or not, they both had their own style of writing and didn’t follow others; individualism, I believe, is a virtue hidden in all of us but we often stifleContinue reading “Five Quotes From Ernest Hemingway”
Five Quotes From Ernest Hemingway
When I was a young and impressionable man two writers in particular had a great effect on my life: Jack Kerouac and Ernest Hemingway. Like them or not, they both had their own style of writing and didn’t follow others; individualism, I believe, is a virtue hidden in all of us but we often stifleContinue reading “Five Quotes From Ernest Hemingway”
Five Quotes from Joseph Campbell
“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know theyContinue reading “Five Quotes from Joseph Campbell”
Five Quotes from Joseph Campbell
“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know theyContinue reading “Five Quotes from Joseph Campbell”
Five Quotes About Bicycles
Photo found here. Get a bicycle. You will certainly not regret it, if you live.—Mark Twain When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.–H.G. Wells Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. It has done more to emancipate women than anything elseContinue reading “Five Quotes About Bicycles”
Five Quotes About Bicycles
Photo found here. Get a bicycle. You will certainly not regret it, if you live.—Mark Twain When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.–H.G. Wells Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. It has done more to emancipate women than anything elseContinue reading “Five Quotes About Bicycles”
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