I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware I sit content, And if each and all be aware I sit content. One world is aware, and by the far the largest to me, and that is myself, And whether I come to my own today or in ten thousand or ten million years, I can cheerfully take it…
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Quotes tagged ‘Mindset’
Do I contradict myself? Very well then....I contradict myself; I am large....I contain multitudes.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance
With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my Art.
Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
Warriors of the light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn.
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.
People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world.
Everyone reading this is so worried about their years, while continuing to waste their days. It’s all execution. You have to do. You have to move insanely fast in the micro and be insanely patient in the macro.
Through action comes vision and through vision comes action. It all just builds.
Do work. Do work. Do work.
Doing was always my best strategy. I built my vision through taking action. One day at a time. The hard work, the hustle and the grind.
When I was 14 or 15 I realized that I was never going to be the quarterback for the New York Jets. Instead I was going to buy them, and so that was my vision.
Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others— it only changes yours.
The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.
I think it’s foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary—you’re happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life. Happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.
What we can do, we must do: we must use what we are given, and we must use it the best we can, however much or little help we have for the task. What you have been given is a hard thing–a very hard thing… But my darling, what if there were no one who could do the difficult things?
To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don’t let it.
I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.