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Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay
attention to it. There is no substitute read more
Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay
attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration,
knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core
of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Only let the
moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the
surface of your being.".
A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the
idea of a cathedral in read more
A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the
idea of a cathedral in mind.
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;
because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching read more
I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;
because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star.
I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far;
for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.
I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.
I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.
Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission:
"While the world perishes we go our way: read more
Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission:
"While the world perishes we go our way: purposeless, passionless,
day after day.".
There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something
that isn't there.
There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something
that isn't there.
When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove you are
smarter than they are.
When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove you are
smarter than they are.
A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.
A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.
