Quotes

A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.

Just sitting there →

Published April 23, 2022  ·  All posts on Apr 23  ·  

Don’t expect anything to happen. Just wait. This waiting is a deep acceptance of the moment as such. Nietzsche called it amor fati — unquestioning love of whatever has fated you to be here. You reach a point where you’re just sitting there, asking, “What is this?” — but with no interest in an answer. The longing for an answer compromises the potency of the question. Can you be satisfied to rest in this puzzlement, this perplexity, in a deeply focused and embodied way? Just waiting without any expectations?

~ Stephen Batchelor

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Not self-made →

Published April 22, 2022  ·  All posts on Apr 22  ·  , ,

[…] it is not true that I am self-made. Like everyone, to get to where I am, I stood on the shoulders of giants. My life was built on a foundation of parents, coaches, and teachers; of kind souls who lent couches or gym back rooms where I could sleep; of mentors who shared wisdom and advice; of idols who motivated me from the pages of magazines (and, as my life grew, from personal interaction).

~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Weakness →

Published April 21, 2022  ·  All posts on Apr 21  ·  

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

~ Victor Hugo

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Competition →

Published April 20, 2022  ·  All posts on Apr 20  ·  

I would like to remove all competitions in outdoor sports. The competition is not the important thing. The important thing is to learn to behave with wild nature.

~ Reinhold Messner

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Pleasure →

Published April 19, 2022  ·  All posts on Apr 19  ·  

Moderation is the pleasure of the wise.

~ Voltaire

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Riches and power →

Published April 18, 2022  ·  All posts on Apr 18  ·  ,

To have what we want is riches; But to be able to do without it is power.

~ George MacDonald

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Dreary and repellant →

Published April 17, 2022  ·  All posts on Apr 17  ·  

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Self-delusion →

Published April 16, 2022  ·  All posts on Apr 16  ·  ,

Delude not yourself with the notion that you may be untrue and uncertain in trifles and in important things the contrary. Trifles make up existence, and give the observer the measure by which to try us; and the fearful power of habit, after a time suffers not the best will to ripen into action.

~ C. M. von Weber

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A sudden crash →

Published April 15, 2022  ·  All posts on Apr 15  ·  ,

All human things hang on a slender thread: The strongest fall with a sudden crash.

~ Ovid

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Small asks →

Published April 14, 2022  ·  All posts on Apr 14  ·  

The world expects that its requests will be accepted. That assignments, lunch dates, new projects, and even favors will get a yes. […] It’s just a small ask, the person thinks. Responding or reacting to incoming asks becomes the narration of your days, instead of the generous work of making your own contribution.

~ Seth Godin

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