Quote of the Day - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
“Behind your thoughts and feelings, my brother, stands a mighty ruler, an unknown sage - it is called the subconscious self; it dwells in your body, it is your body. There is more reason, sanity and intelligence in your body than in your best wisdom.”
“The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.”
“Fear is a habit; so is self-pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can. and I will.”
“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”
A Meditation on Inspiration
Poet Saul Williams suggests:
“to be free / of the restraints / of a culture / that instills the will / of material possession and domination / into its citizens / one must learn to honor / the substance of their materials / and the etymological roots /
of their findings.”
“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.”
“Don’t be concerned that things appear to be falling apart: this has to happen in order for something new and wonderful to emerge.”
“I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it’s up to me.”
“The sooner you make your first five thousand mistakes the sooner you will be able to correct them.”
“Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.”
“That thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.”
“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It’s hard to make something simple.”
“You’re in the midst of a war, a battle between the limits of a crowd seeking the surrender of your dreams, and the power of your true vision to create and contribute. It is a fight between those who will tell you what you cannot do, and that part of you that know, and has always now, that we are more than our environment, and that a dream, backed by an unrelenting will to attain is, is truly a reality with an imminent arrival.”
“What really matters is what you create. Does is work or not? Does it make you proud?”