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Quotes and Principles

This is a non-exhaustive list. It grows from the top

  • Love without meaningful action is an indulgence (Dr. K)
    • When in doubt; ask "what is the loving thing to do here ?"
  • Every tool has a hammer side.
  • The world revels itself to those who travel by foot. Werner Herzog
  • The tree that bears the fruit is not the one that was planted (Poem: Place, by W.S. Merwin)
  • It is not too late to start something that will last a lifetime.
  • Are you playing a finite-game or an infinite one ?
  • Treat the body rigorously so it will not be disobedient to the mind. Seneca.
  • My Library serves as a reminder of what I do not know. It it a to-do list.
  • Everyone in your life will have a list day with you and we do not know when that might be. Be aware of this at all times.
  • It is sunny because the universe does not care about the grief of men.
  • Do not accept half-lovers.
  • Any idiot can face a crisis. It is the day to day that wears you out. (Anton Chekov)
  • The world is a museum of passion projects.
  • I will not have you without the darkness that hides within you. I will not let you have me without the madness that makes me. If our demons can not dance, neither can we. (Nikita Gill)
  • It is of some use to my volcanoes that I own them, it is of some use to my flower that I own them; But you are of no use to the stars that you own. (The Little Prince)
  • It is never too late to start something that is meant to last a lifetime.
  • The arrow of fate can not be parried by the shields of effort. (does not mean effort is useless. see below ;-) )
  • If you are going to miss the bus; at-least miss it running.
  • We must digest what we have read, otherwise it passes to memory instead of the mind. (Seneca)
  • Be humble for you are made of the Earth. Be noble for you are made of the stars. (Serbian Poverb)
  • Do not tell me that your attraction to the fire is abnormal. Prometheus doesn't have his liver eaten every-day for you to ignore the allure of arson.
  • Slow is smooth; Smooth is fast.
  • Action begets action. We are what we repeatedly do. Be rigorous in your actions.
  • "Virtue was not convenient" is NOT a reasonable excuse. Be rigorous.
  • We are the universe experiencing itself. Be kind. Be gracious.
  • The mercy you can not extend to yourself is the same mercy you can not extend to others.
  • There is nothing ahead that is better than it is right now.
  • You are not your thoughts (good or bad). You are your actions (good or bad).
  • Being bored is crucial; do not engineer it away.
  • Discomfort is crucial; do not engineer it away.