Josh

“Doesn’t temperament have a lot to do with it? Aren’t some people sensitive by nature, while others just let things roll off their backs? Temperament certainly plays a role, but mindset is an important part of the story. When we taught people the growth mindset, it changed the way they reacted to their depressed mood. The worse they felt, the more motivated they became and the more they confronted the problems that faced them.”
― Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

“major factor in whether people achieve expertise “is not some fixed prior ability, but purposeful engagement.”
― Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

“he was taught by the river. Incessantly, he learned from it. Most of all, he learned from it to listen, to pay close attention with a quiet heart, with a waiting, opened soul, without passion, without a wish, without judgement, without an opinion.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“Often, they sat in the evening together by the bank on the log, said nothing and both listened to the water, which was no water to them, but the voice of life, the voice of what exists, of what is eternally taking shape.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha