wisdom

Fear rises in thought but falls in action.

The universe is responsive & intelligent — always acting and reacting in our interests.

Here's how to live: **Create**.



The most valuable real estate in the world is the graveyard.
There lie millions of half-written books, ideas never launched, and talents never developed.

Most people die with everything still inside of them.



The way to live is to create.

**Die empty.**

Get every idea out of your head and into reality.



Calling yourself creative doesn't make it true.

All that matters is what you've launched.

Make finishing your top priority.



When most people see modern art, they think, "I could do that!"

But they didn't.

That is the difference between consumer and creator.



Which would you rather be?

Someone who hasn't created anything in years because you're so busy consuming?

Or someone who hasn't consumed anything in years because you're so busy

If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.

Animation featuring audio from philosopher <n>Alan Watts</n>.

The dream of my life is to lie down by a slow river and stare at the light in the trees — to learn something by being nothing.

Illustration inspired by choreography from <n>賴翃中 Lai Hung-Chung</n> and <n>翃舞製作 HungDance</n>.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

A still of <n>Andre Gregory</n> from the 1981 film <n>My Dinner with Andre</n>.

The <n>Black Cat Star Print in Vintage Style</n> by <n>StarsFeelWarm</n>.

“Love, joy, and peace cannot flourish until you have freed yourself from mind dominance.”

What punishment of the universe are not gifts?

Slowly is the fastest way to get you where you want to be.

“No tree can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”  —Carl Jung

You're a ghost driving a meat-coated skeleton made from stardust, riding a rock, hurtling through space.

Fear Nothing.

"Uncommunicated expectations are premeditated resentments."

—Neil Strauss

<n>El nacimiento de Venus</n> (2009) by artist <n>José Manuel Ballester</n> from his series <n>Concealed Spaces</n>.

The magic you are looking for is in the work you're avoiding.

"Do not stand at my grave and weep; I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in morning’s hush, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there. I did not die."

Love the thing that you most wish had not happened.

the greatest mind trick is reframing — the capacity to alter your entire emotional and behavioral response by changing your interpretation, while the external situation stays identical. one shift in meaning and the same event can break you or drive you, depending solely on the story you choose to run.

Inspirational quote credited to <n>Leadersonlyco</n>.

“Most of us walk without chains, yet we aren't free. We're tethered to regret and sorrow from the past.
We return to the past and continue to suffer. The past is a prison. But now you have the key to unlock the door and arrive in the present moment.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Everything I know about my light was taught to me by my darkness.