Quotes Flashcards
Naval Ravikant on what money can’t buy:
A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought - they must be earned.
Jessica Hische on what procrastination reveals:
The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.
A Fremen proverb by Frank Herbert:
Be prepared to appreciate what you meet.
Toni Morrison on beauty:
I think of beauty as an absolute necessity. I don’t think it’s a privilege or an indulgence, it’s not even a quest. I think it’s almost like knowledge, which is to say, it’s what we were born for. I think finding, incorporating, and then representing beauty is what humans do. With or without authorities telling us what it is, I think it would exist in any case.
The startle and the wonder of being in this place. This overwhelming beauty - some of it is natural, some of it is man-made, some of it is casual, some of it is a mere glance - is an absolute necessity. I don’t think we can do without it any more than we can do without dreams or oxygen.
Charles Baudelaire on how great ideas arise:
Inspiration is merely the reward for working every day.
A poem by Emily Dickinson:
In this short Life
That only lasts an hour
How much - how little - is
Within our power
