words to live by
Kelly would say it’s good to have an “illegible” career path—it means you’re onto interesting stuff.
Brie Wolfson • Flounder Mode
The people who become legendary in their interests never feel they have arrived.
Kevin Kelly
Brie Wolfson • Flounder Mode
Maybe success isn’t what we often think it is.
material solutions can't fix spiritual problems
“Even those who limp go not backward.”
—Khalil Gibran
Progress is progress however slow or stilted.
Khalil Gibran
In the college class I teach, one of the freshmen used the phrase, “the devil owns the fence” and I can’t stop thinking about how good and true that is.
Matt Bellsubstack.comBe all in. The devil owns the fence.
Remember, the growth of a believer is not like a mushroom, but like an oak, which increases slowly indeed but surely. Many suns, showers, and frosts, pass upon it before it comes to perfection; and in winter, when it seems dead, it is gathering strength at the root. Be humble, watchful, and diligent in the means, and endeavour to look through it... See more
Thomas Westx.comA knife cuts because it has a narrow focus.
—Cleddie Keith
Shorten your to-do list by asking yourself,
"What is the worst that will happen if this does not get done?"
Eliminate all but the disasters.
—Kevin Kelly in Excellent Advice for Living