Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.
— Rumi, amazon.com
Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.
— Rumi, amazon.com
What if who we are and what we do become one and the same? What if our work is so thoroughly autobiographical that we can't parse the product from the person? In this place, job descriptions and titles no longer make sense; we no longer go to work, we are the work.
I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.
If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you.
All too often, we feel that we are not living the fullness of our lives because we are not expressing the fullness of our gifts.
Early in my life, I was only concerned with creating, without destination or purpose, creating was the purpose itself. And as reality set in, and the need to survive came with the need to have an identity, I've tried many things in discovering who I am and all of them eventually became useful.
Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.
If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.
I hate luxury. I exercise moderation...It will be easy to forget your vision and purpose one you have fine clothes, fast horses and beautiful women. [In which case], you will be no better than a slave, and you will surely lose everything.
Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you but is not defined by your existence alone.
Look at the sky tonight, all the stars have a reason.
Madness has no purpose. Or reason. But it may have a goal.
You know, my whole life and career has been championing the rights of women, gay folk and disenfranchised folk. This administration is a fucking nightmare for us.
The people who say technology has disconnected you from others are wrong. So are the people who say technology automatically connects you to others. Technology is just a tool. It's a powerful tool, but it's just a tool. Deep human connection is very different. It's not a tool. It's not a means to an…
My purpose is about finding joy, creating happiness, celebrating what this life is and has to offer, every single day I’m here.
Liberty? Independence? Are they to remain only words? Gentlemen, let us make them fighting words!
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged, that my only regret is, that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service.
Passion for your work is a little bit of discovery, followed by a lot of development, and then a lifetime of deepening.
One form of perseverance is the daily discipline of trying to do things better than we did yesterday.