inspiration

"What the society thinks is of no interest to me. All that's important is how I see myself. I know who who I am. I know the value of my work."

"You can dramatize your ideas in business or in any other aspect of your life. It’s easy"

"Write the book you want to read"

"If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song."

"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."

"Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!"

"Imitation is not inspiration, and inspiration only can give birth to a work of art. The least of man's original emanation is better than the best of borrowed thought."

"but I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment."

"Have you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off on an early adventure or business, but full of deep silence and absolute clarity of perception? A dawning which you truly observe, degree by degree. It is the most amazing moment of birth. And more than anything it can spur you to action. Have a burning day."

"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."

"Avoid loud and aggressive persons,they are vexations to the spirit."

"She is delightfully chaotic; a beautiful mess. Loving her is a splendid adventure."

"Because the development of inner calm & energy happens completely within & isn’t dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful—and a huge relief."

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."

"The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people."

"What kind of life can you have in a house without books?"

"ISE LO GUN ISE."

"Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul."

"Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time."

"Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."