June 2012
26 posts
“My best theory is this: When we are children, we invent these detailed imaginary...”
– The Power of the Particular – David Brooks, who has previously admonished about the dangerous division of intuition and rationality, makes a case for finding your particularity and making it your purpose.
Brooks is the author of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and...
“The surface isn’t really the surface, but rather a manifestation of the depths.”
– Douglas Sirk (via nevver)
“When I am silent, I have thunder hidden inside.”
– Rumi (via youngfolksociety)
“All other things shall fade away while love stands alone and still holds sway....”
– Moving Mountains (via youngmanandoldsoul)
“You once described the inventor’s life as “one of failure.” How so?
I made...”
– Sir James Dyson on invention and failure, corroborating the creativity isn’t a Eureka! moment so much as persistent iteration and trasformation.
Also see other famous creators on the fear of failure. (via explore-blog)
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that...”
– Nelson Mandela (I finally got around to watching Invictus. What a great film.)
“”You don’t have to play by their rules, if you don’t require their rewards”
– Nathan Johnson (I keep this wrapped in silk in the back of my mind and I own to a good friend) ♥ (via damadesign)
