A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.
Vulnerable is the only way we can feel when we truly share the art we’ve made. When we share it, when we connect, we have shifted the power and made ourselves naked in front of the person we’ve given the gift of our art to. We have no excuses, no manual to point to, no standard operating procedures to protect us. And that is part of our gift.
~ Seth Godin
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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
~ James Baldwin
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.
~ André Gide
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Our world is an ecosystem in which our only real chance at survival as a species is cooperation, community, and care, but it’s being led by people who believe in an ego system, run on competition, power, and self-interest.
~ Austin Kleon
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You didn’t come into this world. You came out of it, like a wave from the ocean.
~ Alan Watts
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True genius shudders at incompleteness—and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.
~ Edgar Allan Poe
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Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.
~ Plato
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For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
~ H. L. Mencken
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One of the most reliable signs that you need a holiday is the conviction that you cannot possibly spare the time to take one.
~ Bryan Magee
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Effort isn’t the point, impact is. If you solve the problem in three seconds but have the guts to share it with me, it’s still art. And if you move ten thousand pounds of granite but the result doesn’t connect with me, I’m sorry for your calluses, but you haven’t made art, at least not art for me.
~ Seth Godin
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We think we understand the rules when we become adults, but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.
~ David Lynch
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We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.
~ Charlie Chaplin
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I’ve never seen any life transformation that didn’t begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
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It’s easier to desire and pursue the attention of tens of millions of total strangers than it is to accept the love and loyalty of the people closest to us.
~ William Gibson
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Any sufficiently advanced negligence is indistinguishable from malice.
~ Deb Chachra
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Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therein to be content.
~ Helen Keller
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We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.
~ John Lennon
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Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.
~ Roy T. Bennett
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Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”
~ Mary Anne Radmacher
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