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“We all exist as part of a wonderful stream of life.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life

“You do not need to waste your time doing those things that are unnecessary and trifling. You do not have to be rich. You do not need to seek fame or power. What you need is freedom, solidity, peace and joy. You need the time and energy to be able to share these things with others.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life

“Your children are not your children.
They are sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you.
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For thir souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the make upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness.
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He also loves the bow that is stable.”
― Kahlil Gibran

“You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link.
This is but half the truth.
You are also as strong as your strongest link.
To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of the ocean
by the frailty of its foam.
To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”
― Ernest Hemingway

“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
― Bertrand Russell

“Listening to uninformed people is worse than having no answers at all.”
― Ray Dalio, Principles: Life and Work

“I learned that if you work hard and creatively, you can have just about anything you want, but not everything you want. Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones.”
― Ray Dalio, Principles: Life and Work

“I'm not sure where I'm going. I'll lead!”
― Emmanuelle Heyman

“Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you’ll attract people who love that kind of stuff. It’s that simple.”
― Austin Kleon, Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

“The real gap is between doing nothing and doing something.”
― Austin Kleon, Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

“For real productivity, however, we need to prioritize people. You're a human being, not a human doing.”
― Michael Hyatt, Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less

“In a world where information is freely available, focus becomes one of the most valuable commodities in the workplace.”
― Michael Hyatt, Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less

“If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.”
― David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

“There is no reason to ever have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought. I”
― David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

“Everything has a price, but not all prices appear on labels.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“Modern capitalism is a pro at two things: generating wealth and generating envy. Perhaps they go hand in hand; wanting to surpass your peers can be the fuel of hard work. But life isn’t any fun without a sense of enough. Happiness, as it’s said, is just results minus expectations.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“one of the most powerful ways to increase your savings isn’t to raise your income. It’s to raise your humility.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“Compounding doesn’t rely on earning big returns. Merely good returns sustained uninterrupted for the longest period of time—especially in times of chaos and havoc—will always win.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“The correct lesson to learn from surprises is that the world is surprising.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“Intelligence is not a reliable advantage in a world that’s become as connected as ours has. But flexibility is.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“The correct lesson to learn from surprises is that the world is surprising. Not that we should use past surprises as a guide to future boundaries; that we should use past surprises as an admission that we have no idea what might happen next.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“Money's greatest intrinsic value - and this can't be overstated - is its ability to give you control over your time . To obtain ,bit by bit, a level of independence and autonomy that comes from upspent assets that give you greater control over what you can do and when you can do it .”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness

“Having a gap between what you can technically endure versus what’s emotionally possible is an overlooked version of room for error.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“Aiming, at every point in your working life, to have moderate annual savings, moderate free time, no more than a moderate commute, and at least moderate time with your family, increases the odds of being able to stick with a plan and avoid regret than if any one of those things fall to the extreme sides of the spectrum.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“some lessons have to be experienced before they can be understood”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money