“If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.”
—John Clare.
thought for today
Simon Sinek: Resolve a conflict
“The best way to resolve a conflict not through text or email. The best way to resolve a conflict is to pick up the phone or make a personal visit.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Pablo Neruda: Words
“Words / as slippery as smooth grapes, / words exploding in the light / like dormant seeds waiting / in the vaults of vocabulary, / alive again, and giving life: / once again the heart distills them.”
—Pablo Neruda.
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Pablo Neruda: When I fall asleep, your eyes close
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
—Pablo Neruda.
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Giorgio Armani: Elegance
“Elegance is not about being noticed, it’s about being remembered.”
—Giorgio Armani.
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Nikolas Tesla: Dizzier heights
“With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers, but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood, your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.”
—Nikolas Tesla.
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Simon Sinek: Invested
“When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Oliver Sacks: Memories
“We now know that memories are not fixed or frozen, like Proust’s jars of preserves in a larder, but are transformed, disassembled, reassembled, and recategorized with every act of recollection.”
—Oliver Sacks.
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David Hockney: Greedy
“I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money – I think that can be a burden – I’m greedy for an exciting life.”
—David Hockney.
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Simon Sinek: Accept responsibility when things go wrong
“A leader should only take credit when things go right unless they are willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Stained glass windows
“People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.”
—Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.
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Richard Aldington: Nationalism
“Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill.”
—Richard Aldington.
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Robert A Heinlein: Sin
“Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other ‘sins’ are invented nonsense.” —Robert A. Heinlein.
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Satchel Paige: Social ramble ain’t restful
“1) Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood. 2) If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. 3) Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move. 4) Go very light on the vices, such as carrying on in society. The social ramble ain’t restful. 5) Avoid running at all times. 6) Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.”
—Satchel Paige.
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Simon Sinek: Inspire others to give
“Don’t give to get. Give to inspire others to give.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Peter Singer: Animal factories
“Animal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have advanced faster than our ethics.”
—-Peter Singer.
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Sylvester Stallone: Show your soul
“You’ve got to show your soul otherwise you’re just a piece of equipment.”
—Sylvester Stallone.
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Jean Cocteau: Horizontal fall
“Life is a horizontal fall.”
—Jean Cocteau.
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Victoria Abril: Passion has to be real
“You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real.”
—Victoria Abril.
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Franz Kafka: Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly
“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
—Franz Kafka.
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Thurgood Marshall: Highest tribute
“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.”
—Thurgood Marshall.
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Pierre Cardin: Jeans
“The jean! The jean is the destructor. It is a dictator! It is destroying creativity! The jean must be stopped!”
—Pierre Cardin.
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Simon Sinek: Excuses
“Excuses don’t make things better, they are a way to rationalize to avoid trying.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Princess Diana: Can’t comfort the afflicted
“You can’t comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable.”
—Princess Diana.
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Simon Sinek: They don’t have what you have
“Don’t freak out over what other people have.
They don’t have what you have.”
—Simon Sinek.
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John Gay: Life is a jest
“Life is a jest, and all things show it, / I thought so once, and now I know it.”
—John Gay.
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Mike Tyson: Time is like a book
“Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It’s just a cycle.”
—Mike Tyson.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Travel light
“He who would travel happily must travel light.”
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
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Simon Sinek: Conversation starts with listening
“Any worthwhile conversation starts with listening.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Jean Jacques Rousseau: Wisdom
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
—Jean Jacques Rousseau.
