“On matters of style, swim with the current,” Thomas Jefferson allegedly advised, but “on matters of principle, stand like a rock.” The pressure to achieve leads us to do the opposite. We find surface ways of appearing original—donning a bow tie, wearing bright red shoes—without taking the risk of actually being original. When it comes to the powerful ideas in our heads and the core values in our hearts, we censor ourselves.”
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
“To become original, you have to try something new, which means accepting some measure of risk.”
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
“Having a sense of security in one realm gives us the freedom to be original in another.”
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
“The greatest shapers don’t stop at introducing originality into the world. They create cultures that unleash originality in others.”
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
“I reach out to touch one of the walls, imagining that I can feel his life and warmth through it, and I look around again, up toward the rooftops and then all the way to the night sky where a few faint stars can be seen, and there I think I really can see him. I can feel his presence here in every stone he has touched, every person he has lifted up, every street and alley and city that he has changed in the few years of his life, because he is the Republic, he is our light, and I love you, I love you, until the day we meet again I will hold you in my heart and protect you there, grieving what we never had, cherishing what we did. I wish you were here. I love you, always.”
― Champion
― Champion
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