Quotes
Quotes I’ve Picked Up Here and There
Quotes
1. Serve the tea. Practice common acts of generosity and humility, like serving tea to visitors in your home. Small acts require conscious intention to begin with but can become a habit in short order.
2. Show your teeth. To the Dalai Lama, to “show your teeth” means to smile authentically—no half smiles, no Mona Lisa–style ambiguity. The true
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"We are writers, and we never ask one another where we get our ideas; we know we don’t know."
Stephen King • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
When divers used to say that they had a bad day, Eric asked two questions:
Did you make yourself better?
Did you make someone else better?
If the answer to either question is “yes” then it was a good day.
-Adam Grant
I wonder how much of what weighs me down is not mine to carry.
-Unknown
A person can have the greatest idea in the world but if they can't convince enough other people, it doesn't matter.
“Innovation is the dynamic difference in the market.”
Carla Harris
“There’s a Cherokee legend. An elder tells his grandson about the battle that rages inside every person.” “The two wolves.” “That’s right. One wolf is anger and fear and paranoia and cruelty. The other is kindness, humility, compassion, serenity. And the boy asks his grandfather, ‘Which wolf wins?’ You remember the answer?” “‘The one you feed.’”
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... See more“Attention is the most basic form of love. Through it we bless and are blessed.”
John Tarrant - Zen Buddhist Teacher
“If it isn’t a clear yes, then it is a clear no.”
Greg McKeown