“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Personal Notebook
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Let your mind become a lens, thanks to the converging rays of attention; let your soul be all intent on whatever it is that is established in your mind as a dominant, wholly absorbing idea.”
— Antonin-Dalmace Sertillanges
A day of acquaintance,
And then the longer span of custom.
But first —
The hour of astonishment.
“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.”
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”
“Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement.”
— Will Rogers
“The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.”
“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”
“Luck is the residue of design.”
“I criticize by creation – not by finding fault.”