Wise Words 🦉
A wise man said: Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates. At the first gate, ask yourself, “Is it true?” At the second gate ask, “Is it necessary?” At the third gate ask, “Is it kind?”
Kevin Kelly • Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
Let yourself fall.
Learn to observe snakes.
Plant impossible gardens.
Let someone dangerous in for tea.
Make small Signs that say “yes” and spread them all over your house.
Become a friend of freedom and uncertainty.
Look forward to dreaming.
Cry at the movies.
Swing as high as you can on a swing at moonlight.
Maintain different moods.
Refuse to be
... See moreGo into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as
... See moreThere is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency something that should not be done at all. —PETER DRUCKER
Ryder Carroll • The Bullet Journal Method
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
– C. G. Jung
A principle isn’t a principle until it costs you something.
- Bill Bernbach
If life is short, we should expect its shortness to take us by surprise. And that is just what tends to happen. You take things for granted, and then they're gone. You think you can always write that book, or climb that mountain, or whatever, and then you realize the window has closed. The saddest windows close when other people die. Their lives
... See morePaul Graham • Life is Short
Man! Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present.
– The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity