Mayra Cisneros

“Consciousness naturally resists anything unconscious and unknown. I have already pointed out the existence among primitive peoples of what anthropologists call “misoneism,” a deep and superstitious fear of novelty. The primitives manifest all the reactions of the wild animal against untoward events. But “civilized” man reacts to new ideas in much the same way, erecting psychological barriers to protect himself from the shock of facing something new.”
― C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

“It is a perfection that does not aim at completion; rather, it is wisdom based on practice through which one is always progressing toward the ideal.”
― Mu Soeng, The Diamond Sutra: Transforming the Way We Perceive the World

“A Jew without a beard is better than a beard without a Jew’ – Yiddish proverb”
― Matt Greene, Jew[ish]

“One characteristic of a lot of entrepreneurs is that they’re relatively unemployable. I don’t think I was the best employee at CNET, honestly. I was really focused on my own projects, really into WordPress.”
― Michael Ellsberg, The Education of Millionaires: Everything You Won't Learn in College About How to Be Successful