A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
~ Oscar Wilde
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Think for oneself →
Hardly seems worth doing →
Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.
~ Cormac McCarthy
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Straight-forward kindness →
“Straight forward kindess” works in a world of endless human train wrecks.
~ Hugh MacLeod
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What is a cynic? →
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.
~ Oscar Wilde
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Inward loosening →
Martial art is not merely the physical act of filling time and space with precision-like movements. Machines can do that, too. As he matures, a martial artist will realize that his kick or punch is really not so much a tool to conquer his opponent, but a tool to explode through his consciousness, his ego, and all mental obstacles. Indeed, the tools are ultimately a means for penetrating the depth of his being so that he will restore the equilibrium of his inner center of gravity. With this vital inward loosening flows his outward expression of his tools. Behind each physical movement of an accomplished martial artist is this wholeness of being, this all-inclusive attitude.
~ Bruce Lee
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No skin in the game →
It’s easy to spot a purist. They’re the ones without any skin in the game.
~ Hugh MacLeod
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Long time dead →
Be happy while you’re living, for you’re a long time dead.
~ Scottish proverb
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Sometimes a king →
Our soul is sometimes a king, and sometimes a tyrant. A king, by attending to what is honorable, protects the good health of the body in its care, and gives it no base or sordid command. But an uncontrolled, desire-fueled, over-indulged soul is turned from a king into that most feared and detested thing — a tyrant.
~ Seneca
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Nobody cares →
22. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself.
Everybody is too busy with their own lives to give a damn about your book, painting, screenplay etc, especially if you haven’t sold it yet. And the ones that aren’t, you don’t want in your life anyway.
~ Jason Korman
The triumph of principles →
A political victory, a rise in rents, the recovery of your sick, or return of your absent friend, or some other quite external event, raises your spirits, and you think good days are preparing for you. Do not believe it. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace by the triumph of principles.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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