The world is alive, generous,
and waiting patiently for us
to figure it out.*
Tom De Blasis

*Claudia Bedrick and Maria Popova’s A Velocity of Being.

The empty part of the drawer is what makes it a useful tool.

Same goes for a filing cabinet, a toolbox and a calendar.

Slack is underrated.*
Seth Godin

*Seth Godin’s blog: Overstuffed.

The truth about who you are lies not at the root of the tree but rather out at the tips of the branches, the thousand tips.*
Lewis Hyde

*Lewis Hyde’s A Primer for Forgetting.

We’re not just in this together.  We’re better because we’re together.*
Bernadette Jiwa

*Bernadette Jiwa’s The Story of Telling blog: Stronger Together.

What do you want to say?  Why does it need to be said?  What if you could say it in a way that has never been done?  How might you do that?*
Warren Berger

*Warren Berger’s A More Beautiful Question.

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained.  To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.*
James Carse

*James Carse’s Finite and Infinite Games.

[Good’s] existence is the unmistakable sign that we are spirit creatures, attracted by excellence and made for the good.*
Iris Murdoch

*Iris Murdoch’s The Sovereignty of Good.

All knowledge of another person is real knowledge only if it is based on my experiencing within myself that which he experiences.  If this is not the case and the person remains an object, I know a lot about him, but I do not know him.*
Erich Fromm

*Erich Fromm’s The Revolution of Hope.

Being of any reasonable sort appears to require limitation.  Perhaps this is because Being requires Becoming, as well as mere static existence – and to become is to become something more, or at least something different.  That is only possible for something different.*
Jordan Peterson

*Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life.

Confidence is built through acts of courage.*
Ben Hardy

*Ben Hardy’s Personality Isn’t Permanent.