Grace Sheahan

“The closer things get to nonexistence, the more exquisite and evocative they become. Consequently to experience wabi-wabi means you have to slow way down, be patient, and look very closely.”
― Leonard Koren, Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers

“Mastery begins when formal education ends. Find the topic that sets your heart on fire. Then combust.”
― James Altucher, The Choose Yourself Guide To Wealth

“After all, what can a first impression tell us about someone we’ve just met for a minute in the lobby of a hotel? For that matter, what can a first impression tell us about anyone? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli. By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration—and our unwavering determination to withhold our opinion until we have engaged with them in every possible setting at every possible hour.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“One candle can light a thousand other candles and still remain lit itself. Be that candle.”
― James Altucher