168 originals
Process vs. plan.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Do less, do more.
Each man believes only his experience.
Value is subjective.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Perspective.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Labor, leverage.
More ≠ more.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
View reading as an investment.
Work vs. Luck
Fear is the mind-killer.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Experience.
Reason for being
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Comfort vs. pain.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Distraction is dilution.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
It took me years to play like myself.
Distraction.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Think of many things; do one.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Appreciation.
Hare & tortoise.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Generalist, specialist.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Vision
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Switching costs.
The giver is the recipient.
Everyone, Someone.
Building vs. betting.
Hierarchy.
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
