“If you feel that your life doesn’t matter it’s likely that you decided that it didn’t matter, and then you chose to act on a poor decision.”
“In the realm of fascination, little lies beyond; for what truly captivates, resides within. How does one unearth the treasure without the vision to perceive it?”
“Your value has to come from God. And God wants you to receive His love and to love yourself too.”
Source: Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
“Savings are relatively useless during times of high inflation.”
“Literature, like magic, has always been about the handling of secrets, about the pain, the destruction, and the marvelous liberation that can result when they are revealed. Telling the truth when the truth matters most is almost always a frightening prospect. If a writer doesn't give away secrets, his own or those of the people he loves; if she doesn't court disapproval, reproach, and general wrath, whether of friends, family, or party apparatchiks; if the writer submits his work to an internal censor long before anyone else can get their hands on it, the result is pallid, inanimate, a lump of earth.”
Source: Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands
“Today, even tangibles are intangibles - cars, planes, and computers rely on software. They are essentially digital assets under the disguise of a mechanical body, and much of their value is intangible.”
Source: The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume IV - Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation
“I value truth for it is more beautiful than lying; I value honor for it is more attractive than cowardice; I value morals for to do less would make me untethered to my fellow man.”
“Only by serving others can we serve ourselves. Only by improving other peoples lives can we acquire wealth as a result of them paying us or buying the products or services sold by our business.”
Source: Business for Beginners: Getting Started
“Think of all the kinds of businesses that have ever existed. They all had one thing in common. They sold something that people needed, wanted or desired at the time. They sold something that a group of people perceived as something that would improve their lives in some way.”
Source: Business for Beginners: Getting Started
“Why pay someone else ten dollars for one item that does two things, when for five dollars apiece I can sell you two items that each does one thing? It’s the same price, and the same things, but it’s not the same thing.”
Source: There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't