"you’re in pretty good shape
for the shape you are in!"
– Dr. Seuss
(You’re Only Old Once!, 1986)
"brim-fill the bowl,
it'll spill over.
keep sharpening the blade,
you'll soon blunt it."
- Ursula K. Le Guin and lao tzu
(Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way, 2019)
“It takes you more time to
solve a problem than to set it.”
-Seneca
(letters from a stoic, 63ad)
"There’s a reason we are drawn to gazing at the ocean.
It is said the ocean provides
a Closer reflection of who
we are than any mirror."
- rick rubin
(the creative act: a way of being, 2023)
"the world isn't ideal, so don't feel bad if you can't act ideally."
-campbell walker
(your head is a houseboat, 2021)