Day In & Day Out

Sunday, 14 January 2024

"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking."

–– Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born American theoretical physicist

via: Day In & Day Out Notebook, 2018, p. 25.

"Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms."

–– Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), English author

via: Day In & Day Out Notebook, 2018, p. 23.

"If all you can do is crawl, start crawling."

–– Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (1207-1273), Persian poet and Sufi mystic; interpretation by Coleman Barks (b. 1937), American poet

via: Day In & Day Out Notebook, 2018, p. 23.

"Where the attention is, that becomes lively."

–– unknown

Source: David Lynch. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2006.

via: Day In & Day Out Notebook, 2018, p. 21.

"It's actually not painful to learn something, if you do it incrementally."

–– Yo-Yo Ma (b. 1955), French-born, American cellist

via: Day In & Day Out Notebook, 2018, p. 21.

"I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work."

–– Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer

"The tragedy of life is not that it is so short... But that we take so long to begin living it."

–– Anonymous

via: Commonplace Book 1999-2001, 2001, unpaginated.