Enlightenment isn’t an end - it’s a means.

Fortune lies in the meaningful. Someone is only as wealthy as they are profound.

"It’s not where you take things from — it’s where you take them to."

Jean-Luc Godard via Jim Jarmusch

Loneliness begets paranoia.

Stay together.

If sitting by a fireplace and relaxing really makes you happy, spend more time chopping firewood.

"You can’t get to wonderful without passing by alright!"

Bill Whiters

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

Oscar Wilde

"Celebrate what you want to see more of."

Tom Peters

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."

The Dalai Lama

"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."

Henry Ward Beecher

Everyone has their dependencies.

Some are more dramatic than others.

"We spend the first half of our lives collecting things, and we spend the rest of our lives getting rid of it all."

an aunt

"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."

Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.

"Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders."

Tom Peters