“taking a calculated risk is not recklessness; it is fearlessness”
― Clarity & Connection
― Clarity & Connection
“do what is right for you. do it over and over again. lean into the light.”
― Clarity & Connection
― Clarity & Connection
“Knowing the rules of an art is not the same as having the habit. When we speak of a man as skilled in any way, we do not mean that he knows the rules of making or doing something, but that he possesses the habit of making or doing it.”
― How to Read a Book: the classic guide to intelligent reading
― How to Read a Book: the classic guide to intelligent reading
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
― Selected Poems by Robert Frost (Illustrated): Poetry from A Boy's Will, North of Boston and Mountain Interval
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
― Selected Poems by Robert Frost (Illustrated): Poetry from A Boy's Will, North of Boston and Mountain Interval
“What is the right approach? The answer lies in an important and helpful rule of reading that is generally overlooked. That rule is simply this: In tackling a difficult book for the first time, read it through without ever stopping to look up or ponder the things you do not understand right away.”
― How to Read a Book: the classic guide to intelligent reading
― How to Read a Book: the classic guide to intelligent reading
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