An ongoing list of quotes and images to keep me thinking and moving . . .

“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything, is ready, we shall never begin.” —Ivan Turgenev

“Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” —Albert Einstein

“The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence. When you’re unhappy, you get to pay a lot of attention to yourself. And you get to take yourself oh so very seriously.” —Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

“The world is what you make of it, friend. If it doesn’t fit, you make alterations.” —Silverado

“All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.” —James Thurber

“And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” —Anais Nin

“Be as you wish to seem.” —Socrates

“Whatever is flexible and flowing will tend to grow; whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die.” —Tao Te Ching

“Some people are carbon copies. Others make their own impression.” —Billboard

“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” —Dolly Parton

“The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.” —Ben Stein

“I am for being, as opposed to having;
a lived life rather than an obsessive pursuit of happiness;
self expression as opposed to constriction;
moderation in most things, but commitment in some
and self-knowledge and reflection as opposed to habitual action.”
—Stephen Bindman