168 originals
Hare & tortoise.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
The giver is the recipient.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Well done is better than well said.
Alan Watts
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
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.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
The obstacle is the way.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Mindset vs. Mind set
More before better.
Resistance lifts.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Do less, do more.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Equity unites, politics divides.
Slow down.
Truth
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Learning.
+2 vs. x2
Work vs. Luck
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Shoot.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Experience.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Switching costs.
Distraction, focus.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
Map ≠ Territory
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Experience is up only.
Labor, leverage.
The first step is the steepest.
