Alexander

“We are primarily the products of thinking that happens below the level of awareness.”
― David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources Of Love, Character, And Achievement

“When I go into the house of one of these tasteless newly rich individuals, and see it bedecked with every imaginable hue, I know that this person possesses nothing more valuable than what is on display; such people decorate inanimate objects, but fail to beautify the soul.”
― Basil the Great, On Social Justice

“Be motivated like the falcon,
hunt gloriously.
Be magnificent as the leopard,
fight to win.
Spend less time with
nightingales and peacocks.
One is all talk,
the other only color.”
― Rumi

“Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and adapt to failure.”
― David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement