Philosophy
The Stages
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
A Target
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
Laugh Often
“To laugh often; to win the respect of intelligent people, to leave the world a bit better; this is to have succeeded.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Believe In Everything
“When men stop believing in God, it isn’t that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.” -Umberto Eco
In Search Of A Dream
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.” -Paulo Coelho
Complete Compassion
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” — Jack Kornfield
Extraordinary Plasticity
“The nervous tissue seems endowed with a very extraordinary degree of plasticity, either outward forces or inner tension can, from one hour to another, turn that structure into something different than it was.” -William James
Collective Imaginations
“Our future prosperity depends on the quality of our collective imaginations.“ -Eric Ries