Philosophy of PKM

“Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.” - Leonardo da Vinci

“The world is bursting with wonder, and yet it’s the rare productivity guru who seems to have considered the possibility that the ultimate point of all our frenetic doing might be to experience more of that wonder.” - Oliver Burkeman from Four Thousand Weeks

The progressive movement is someone who spends every day hammering onto a nail,” Sean told me during one of our conversations, “and someone comes up and says, ‘You f---ing idiot, that’s a screw.’

"Festina lente - Make haste, slowly"- Greek and Latin proverb, adopted by Augustus and commonly attributed to him.

“Priorities Are Like Arms; If You Think You Have More Than A Couple, You're Either Lying Or Crazy.” Merlin Mann

“If you are looking for something in your house and you finally find it, when you're done with it, don't put it back where you found it. Put it back where you first looked for it.” - Kevin Kelly - My Addendum: this applies to notes in a PKM system too!