Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

"...Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part."

- Gordon W. Allport


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"...Try to imagine that you're the strongest, most noble, most thoughtful, most compassionate, intelligent person in the world, and pretend to be that. Speak from that place. It's more than self-awareness; it's the ability to access this super-intelligence."

- Andrew W.K.

"We are all in the gutter,
but some of us are looking at the stars"

Lord Darlington, Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde

On 2024-08-13 14:10:30 Tacotom said:
"We are all in the gutter,
but some of us are looking at the stars"

Lord Darlington, Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde

Know it , forgot it, LOVE IT!

When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love." ---Marcus Aurelius

"The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life."

"Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it. ... Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again." ---Steve Jobs

"...Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts."

- Charles Dickens

Fear of what other people will think is the single most paralyzing dynamic in business and in life. The best moment of my life was the day I realized that I no longer give a damn what anybody thinks. That's enormously liberating and freeing, and it's the only way to live your life and do your business" ---Cindy Gallop

"...A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."

- Nelson Mandela