“The ego encourages you to constantly prove yourself and what you already know. When you are in the presence of someone you feel the need to impress, the ego's automatic response is 'I know.' The moment you say 'I know,' you are demonstrating that you don't know. You can learn something valuable from everyone, in every situation.” KnowsNeedsFeelsMomentsSituationProveEgoResponseValuableImpressDemonstratingProving Yourself Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“There is a part of me that will forever want to be walking under autumn leaves, carrying a briefcase containing the works of Shakespeare and Yeats and a portable chess set. I will pass an old tree under which once on a summer night I lay on the grass with a fragrant young woman and we quoted e.e. cummings back and forth.” WantYoungNightForeverTreeWalkingSummerLaysChessGrassAutumnYoung WomenBack And ForthContainingSummer NightsAutumn LeavesOld TreesYeatsBriefcases Author:Roger Ebert
“When you create wealth, it’s your responsibility to return it to society.” WealthResponsibilityReturn Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“It is natural that we face obstacles in pursuit of our goals. But if we remain passive, making no effort to solve the problems we meet, conflicts will arise and hindrances will grow. Transforming these obstacles into opportunities is a challenge to our human ingenuity.” IfsHumansProblemFacesOpportunityGrowsGoalNaturalChallengesEffortConflictObstaclesSolvePursuitArisePassiveTransformingIngenuityHindrance Author:Dalai Lama
“Live a lie, and you will live to regret it; that's what livin' is to me.” LyingRegret Author:Jimmy Buffett
“All science would be superfluous if the outward appearance and the essence of things directly coincided.” IfsWould BeEssenceAppearanceSuperfluousOutward Appearance Book:Karl Marx: Selected Writings Source: Karl Marx: Selected Writings
“You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does.” IfsDoePlayCharacter Author:Glenn Close
“The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!” KnowsWellsDoeLinesActingStandingCamerasDamnBehaviour Author:Ben Kingsley
