What's the difference between justice and revenge? Our thirst for justice evolved for good reason. We would be stomped out of existence without it. Revenge is delicious. Yet revenge goes beyond justice when it is the only end, when all may be sacrificed to its consummation. Justice seeks redress. It calls for a new, better world once meted out.
Extinguish the words 'very' and 'really' from your vocabulary. They subtract rather than add to the weight of your words.
To be happy, we must compartmentalize the world. We do this to keep the tragedy of the world at bay. There is too much to mourn in the world. There is too much to mourn in our human history.
Racism is lazy thinking.
Ours is the age of distraction.
To be a good teacher, be a good storyteller.
As soon as we make an ethical decision, our rationalizations for that decision quickly follow.
Develop situational awareness. Use all the senses. Survey the terrain. Know where the exits are. A little paranoia is a good thing. It can save lives.
In the age of distraction, we miss the meditation on beauty.
We harken back to our younger selves and think if only we had known then what we know now. Yet the greatest advantage of this retrospective is detachment. What if we brought this same detachment to our present selves?
Michelangelo sculpted the statue of David from a block of bianco ordinario marble. He believed that David already existed within the block of stone. He, the artist, would chisel layer by layer to reveal David. We may take this approach in our projects. All things exist in potential. Through our labours and vision, we bring them forth in reality. Think of beautiful David, of the subtle suggestion of bone beneath skin, of veins that branch on the inside of the forearms and trace the top of the hands, all expressed in marble. And think upon what we may bring into being.
Take time as you fall asleep to run through the scenes of your day. Engrave the moments with the people in your life in your mind. Treasure your memories, polish them, and in moments of tranquility recall them. In the end, they are all you have.
Shared, clear definitions are essential. We make no progress with murky definitions.
All decisions have a coefficient of friction.
That Trump is America's shadow explains in large part his popularity.
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