[…] so the Muse whispered in Beethoven’s ear. Maybe she hummed a few bars into a million other ears. But no one else heard her. Only Beethoven got it.
~ Steven Pressfield
Elsewhere, this is 4a1522. — slipbox
Who was listening →
Sleep →
It’s a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
~ John Steinbeck
Elsewhere, this is 4a1521. — slipbox
A bore →
A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.
~ Bert Taylor
Elsewhere, this is 4a1520. — slipbox
Acceptance →
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.
~ Michael J. Fox
Elsewhere, this is 4a1519. — slipbox
Freedom →
I think freedom, ideally, is being able to choose your responsibilities. Not not having any responsibilities, but being able to choose which things you want to be responsible for.
~ Toni Morrison
Elsewhere, this is 4a1518. — slipbox
Professionalism →
The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else. The ancient Spartans schooled themselves to regard the enemy, any enemy, as nameless and faceless. In other words, they believed that if they did their work, no force on Earth could stand against them.
~ Steven Pressfield
Elsewhere, this is 4a1517. — slipbox
One’s voice →
The fact is one’s own voice is not heard anywhere else. It’s a challenge to be yourself. It makes a lot of courage.
~ Yusef Lateef
Elsewhere, this is 4a1515. — slipbox
Self employment →
Self employment, for me at least, is a never-ending contest between the world’s worst manager and the world’s laziest employee.
~ Daniel Akst
Elsewhere, this is 4a1514. — slipbox
Magical things →
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
~ Eden Phillpotts
Elsewhere, this is 4a1513. — slipbox
Our limited imagination →
There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
~ Shakespeare‘s Hamlet
Elsewhere, this is 4a1523. — slipbox