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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
Think of many things; do one.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Each man believes only his experience.
Reason for being
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Work vs. Luck
Thought, Spoken, Heard
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
80:20
Belief gets in the way of learning.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Process vs. plan.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Everyone, Someone.
No one is coming to save you.
Most people are out of touch with reality because they confuse the world as it is, with the world as they think about it, and talk about it, and describe it.
Distraction.
The Overthinker.
Said, done.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Creativity before productivity.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Shoot.
Hare & tortoise.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Distraction, focus.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
The obstacle is the way.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Resistance lifts.
Realize.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
More before better.
Experience is up only.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Value is subjective.
Done is better than perfect.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
Truth
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
It took me years to play like myself.
No, it took me my whole life.
Alan Watts
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Truth, trend.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Slow down.
When you feel like giving up is precisely the point everybody else gives up. So it’s at that point that you must put in extra effort.
The first step is the steepest.
You are what you think you are.