Truth
- “In order to seek one’s own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.”
PlatoLael Johnson added 2h ago
- “Hygge is humble and slow. It is choosing rustic over new, simple over posh and ambience over excitement. In many ways, hygge might be the Danish cousin to slow and simple living.”
Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy LivingLael Johnson added 2h ago
- "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books (Dostoevsky and Dickens) that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive. Only if we face these open wounds in ourselves c... See more
Lael Johnson added 2h ago
- I believe that new ideas are born from demand. They are born from the courage and patience required to sit in the uncomfortable void of Not This while humbly waiting for an answer.
from You and I are Earth by Anna Fusco
Lael Johnson added 6h ago
I’ve concluded that the metric by which God will assess my life isn’t dollars but the individual people whose lives I’ve touched. I think that’s the way it will work for us all. Don’t worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people. This is my final recommendation: T
... See morefrom How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clay Christensen
Lael Johnson added 1d ago
- The desire for fulfilling work — a job that provides a deep sense of purpose, and reflects our values, passions and personality — is a modern invention. … For centuries, most inhabitants of the Western world were too busy struggling to meet their subsistence needs to worry about whether they had an exciting career that used their talents and nurtur... See more
from How to Find Fulfilling Work by Maria Popova
Lael Johnson added 1d ago
- The creation of rules is more creative than the destruction of them. Creation demands a higher level of reasoning and draws connections between cause and effect. The best rules are never stable or permanent, but evolve, naturally according to content or need.
from Andrea Zittel, "These Things I Know for Sure" by Andrea Zittel
Lael Johnson added 2d ago
- "Paying rapt attention, whether to a trout stream or a novel, a do-it-yourself project or a prayer, increases your capacity for concentration, expands your inner boundaries, and lifts your spirits, but more important, it simply makes you feel that life is worth living." (Winifred Gallagher, Rapt)
Lael Johnson added 7d ago
If you want out, if you want a decent life, you had better not devote your life to avoiding psychological pain. You had better not spend your life worrying about whether people like you or whether your car impresses people. What kind of life is that? It is a life of pain. You may not think that you feel pain that often, but you really do. To spend
... See morefrom The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer
Lael Johnson added 7d ago