quotes

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” Pericles

“Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” Ralph Blum

“In our fast-paced knowledge economy, it has become commonplace to observe that learning is the only lasting competitive advantage.” Jay Cross

"At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time." Friedrich Nietzsche

“Imagination and its offspring, creativity and innovation, may not be tangible assets like oil or gold. They cannot be bought or sold. They belong to everyone and are essential to what it is to be human. They can be nourished or depleted. They can be renewed or dissipated. The most abundant, least expensive, most underutilized, and frequently abused resource in the world today is human ingenuity.” Dawna Markova, Smart Parenting Revolution

“During those rare moments of creativeness, when an ordinary person has something in common with the making of the universe, he feels a sense of transcendence, of moving beyond his daily life. What could be a greater reward?” Joseph Zinker

“An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart.” Robert M. Sapolsky, neuroscientist and author (1957- )

“America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live.” Jane Addams

“Art is a wound turned into light.” Georges Braque

“Man did not weave the web of life--he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web he does to himself.” Chief Seattle

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” Alice Walker

"I look at things as if they have a life and language of their own." Jurgen Bey

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (1729-1797)

“It is possible that scientists, poets, painters [artists] and writers are all members of the same family of people whose gift it is by nature to take those things which we call common-place and to ‘re-present’ them to us (the world) in such ways that our self-imposed limitations are expanded.” Gary Zukav "The Dancing Wu Li Masters"

“I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.” Angus Grossart

“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live.” Mortimer Adler

“Art is inextricably tied to man’s survival—not to his physical survival, but to that on which his physical survival depends: to the preservation and survival of his consciousness.” Ayn Rand

“The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing” Henry Miller

“As I write this, for example, I am sitting comfortably in my rose garden and typing on my new computer. Each rose represents a story, so I'm never at a loss for what to type. I just look deep into the heart of the rose, read its story, and then write it down.” Steve Martin

“So when we consider our origins and our nature we discover that no one is born free from the need for love.” Tnzin Gyatso, The Fourteenth Dalai Lama, The Compassionate Life,

“The power to command frequently causes failure to think.” Barbara Tuchman, author and historian (1912-1989)

“You don’t have to see the world; what you have to do is observe the world.” Ray Charles