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“True virtue is knowing the self not by intellectual knowledge but by pure silence.”
― Amit Ray, Peace Bliss Beauty and Truth: Living with Positivity

“My grandpa used to tell my dad, “Son, it’s not the money you make, it’s the money you hold on to.” Make yourself a budget. Live within your means. Pack your lunch. Pinch pennies. Save as much as you can. Get the education you need for as cheap as you can get it. The art of holding on to money is all about saying no to consumer culture. Saying no to takeout, $ 4 lattes, and that shiny new computer when the old one still works fine.”
― Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

“See something worth stealing? Put it in the swipe file. Need a little inspiration? Open up the swipe file. Newspaper reporters call this a “morgue file”—I like that name even better. Your morgue file is where you keep the dead things that you’ll later reanimate in your work.”
― Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

“If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you’re so original!”
― Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative