#life

"Shadows are only Neutral at Noon [10w] + {Couplet} Whose side shadows fall upon,tis' ordained by reigning sun."

"For years I was deathly afraid of my own weaknesses, but when I closed my eyes and let myself be vulnerable to them it allowed miracles to take place. Miracles that were only alive when I accessed my BLIND faith."

"I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own."

"Journalist asks me whether I can sit down for an interview... Sorry, I can't talk now. I'm busy writing up a storm.How about tomorrow?Sorry, tomorrow I'm bust conjuring up a tornado."

"If it is bread that you seek, you will have bread. If it is the soul you seek, you will find the soul. If you understand this secret, you know you are that which you seek."

"I have a deep love for life and my fellow human beings. I try to understand everything that everybody does, even if it seems wrong to me."

"My mother always said 'Don't bother other people.' I think that's good advice."

"A tough life needs a tough language—and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers—a language powerful enough to say how it is."

"There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time."

"Too late, I found you can't wait to become perfect, you got to go out and fall down and get up with everybody else."

"The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder."

"My life path has been a blessing and a great learning experience. Skateboarding is my passion and I don't see that changing. When I'm not skating, I love to surf. I'm open to the new experiences and opportunities."

"American Foreign Policy [10w] Foreign Policy requires dealing from the bottom of the deck."

"Through learning we re-create ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we never were able to do. Through learning we reperceive the world and our relationship to it. Through learning we extend our capacity to create, to be part of the generative process of life"

"Today we’re living in an anti-Waldo world, where you don’t want to blend in and have people struggle to find you. You want your personal brand to stand out like you’re wearing a red and white sweater, and everyone else has on black."

"...success is not a comparison of what we have done with what others have done."

"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the mext moment"

"It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important."

"Spreading Yourself Too Thin We tend to bite off more than we can chewbecause we've got big mouths."

"Speak to the Head [10w] + {Couplet} Tis of no fucking availTo speak to the tail."