inspiration

"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."

"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."

"The coward says in his heart “There is no love.” Because, standing in the shadows of the big, grand, and powerful existence of love, his small spirit is left feeling even smaller and less significant. And so he chooses to deny the existence of love altogether. Because he is too small to have it."

"To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness."

"Those three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying."

"Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm."

"This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet."

"I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me."

"It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs."

"What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything."

"A hero is not know by the number of battles he has won, but rather by the kind of battles he chooses to fight."

"President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today."

"I don't know, I don't want to talk as much. (...) It's nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one's heart, like treasures. I don't like to have them laughed at or wondered over."

"Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you."

"When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead."

"In order to be creative rules cannot exist. The creative mind deserves no less."

"Time weighs down on you like an old, ambiguous dream. You keep on moving, trying to sleep through it. But even if you go to the ends of the earth, you won't be able to escape it. Still, you have to go there- to the edge of the world. There's something you can't do unless you get there."

"In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid!""And what if you do get a second chance?""You take it!"

"I can tell you I love you as many times as you can stand to hear it, but all it does is remind us that love is not enough. Not even close."

"Take the first step. No more, no less, and the next will be revealed."