Ritsuma Inaba

“Lately, a study has suggested that depressed people have a more accurate view of reality, though this accuracy is not worth a bean because it is depressing, and depressed people live shorter lives. Optimists and believers are happier and healthier in their unreal worlds.”
― Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

“When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a
conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But
when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks
are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far
more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot
the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really
in business to give people what they want. It’s the truth.”
― Steve Jobs

“If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, you don’t ask what seat. You just get on.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

“Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek