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“Incluso en los momentos en los que he sido profundamente feliz, siempre ha habido alguien en desacuerdo con mi felicidad. La felicidad es la realización de nuestro yo más profundo, el cual escapa al entendimiento del otro. Por tanto, ser feliz y ser incomprendido van juntos de la mano. Nunca busques en tu felicidad la comprensión de los demás: una cosa cancela a la otra".”

““No, Donna, non devi ringraziarmi. Sono io che dovrei ringraziarti amica mia! Tu per me sei stata una vera sorpresa e non lo dico solo per come ci siamo conosciuti. Tu sai bene che io mi ero chiuso in me stesso, non avevo quasi più rapporti con la gente al di fuori del lavoro e ancor meno con le donne. Mi rifiutavo persino di incrociare lo sguardo di una donna! Tratto da: Donna Il tocco della verità.”

“Non era sempre necessario essere magnifica, eroica. Sarebbe bastato anche meno. A cinquantun anni mi sento come se avessi bruciato troppo. Troppa energia. Come fossi stata una candela con due stoppini. Mi chiedo se quello che sta succedendo non abbia a che fare col fatto che ho bruciato troppo. Se bruci tanto, fai tanta luce. Ma forse ne sarebbe bastata meno. Forse sarebbe bastato che non fossi io ogni volta quella che parlava per prima, quella che gridava più forte, che scriveva ciò che nessun'altra aveva il coraggio di scrivere, quella che si esponeva.”

“Now you see,’ said Yesugei. ‘We are made to be greater than the humanity we serve. The weight of the blade is nothing to us. To ride and fight and bleed for days is nothing to us. Nothing to us… We are made higher and so we lose that part that a child and an old man and a father looking into his child’s eyes knows – that the next step is not a promise. That to live is to fight. We forget that. We forget that life is weakness in the face of eternity. To take the next step only matters if you must fight for it, for the last fraction of ourselves. And taking it you see yourself, true and clear – not a warrior, not a hero, not a story of glory and wonder… Just a lightning flash, a descent from Heaven to Earth, a step taken, bright and fleeting and then gone.”

“Nothing has been as instructive in exploring the notion of authenticity as relearning the work of the great philosophers Aristotle and Plato. We are struck by their applicability to our work as we help companies and people develop their brands. Why do these early philosophers have so much to say that is helpful to modern marketers? We believe it is because they were focused on the fundamental issues of authenticity that we all face: Who are we? Why are we? How should we behave? Asking these questions encourages us to deepen our self-awareness. In particular, this issue of “who are we?” is critical. Knowing who we are is the key to elevating our capacities and performance.”

“Too many companies— and individuals— are befuddled by delusion when it comes to identifying their authentic strengths and projecting those strengths through their brand. It’s as if they live in Opposite Land. If their service is wretched, they tell people that they are great at service. If they are selling a mediocre car, they expound on its hip sportiness. Claiming that you are what you are not will obscure the strengths you do have while destroying your credibility. It’s a lose-lose proposition. In order to hunt down and accurately tag authenticity, we must first pop the balloon of self-delusion.”

“Any self-defense situation has the potential to quickly become A 'life and death' situation, therefore your practice of martial arts should be undertaken, as if your very life depends on it . . .”

“Make yourself cozy in the mystery of life. Answers will come when you’re ready. It takes a certain kind of courage to trust you are having the experiences you need to honor your spirit. Sometimes, looking back can confirm how this has worked for you. Other times, relaxing into what’s not yet known will take you to what you’re craving to know.”