Laurens

“As much as others may need to change, or we may want them to change, the only person we can continually inspire, prod, and shape—with any degree of success—is the person in the mirror.”
― Kerry Patterson, Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
― Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again

“Engineering is about adopting a scientific, rationalist approach to solving practical problems within economic constraints, but that doesn’t mean that such an approach is either theoretical or bureaucratic. Almost by definition, engineering is pragmatic.”
― David Farley, Modern Software Engineering: Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster

“The path is not difficult. It is very simple. If you are simple, it’s very simple. If you are all wound up, the path is very, very winding. That’s all it is.”
― Sadhguru, Mystic's Musings