Youri Cviklinski
@youri
just a monkey with a plan
Youri Cviklinski
youricviklinski.substack.com
The minute you think you're greater than the music, you're finished.
– Frankie Knuckles
People who like rocks see cool rocks everywhere.
People who like birds see interesting birds everywhere. The tree on your yard could be an exceptional specimen. The world around you could be amazing and magical, but you aren't enough of a nerd to see it.
Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
– Herman Hesse
I meet a lot of people who don’t like their jobs, and when I ask them what they’d rather do instead, about 75% say something like, “Oh, I dunno, I’d really love to run a little coffee shop.” If I’m feeling mischievous that day, I ask them one question: “Where would you get the coffee beans?”
If that’s a stumper, here are some followups:
Which kind of... See more
If that’s a stumper, here are some followups:
Which kind of... See more
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
– Peter Drucker
“The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less sure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable mystery which it tries, ... See more
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell Quotes by Aldous Huxley
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
— Jean de La Fontaine