“It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready to take advantage of them.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Epigraph
Work It
“Inspiration does exist but it must find you working.”
– Pablo Picasso
A Decisive Mistake
“A mistake repeated more than once is a decision.”
– Paulo Coelho
Lost
“I am free and that is why I am lost.”
– Franz Kafka
Nothing Left To Lose
Freedom is just another word for nothin’ left to lose
Nothin’, don’t mean nothin’ hon’ if it ain’t free…– Kris Kristofferson
Portable Time Portal
“What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. One glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years.”
—Carl Sagan
I Am Mad
The love of knowledge is a kind of madness”
– C.S. Lewis
Self Improvement
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. – Aldous Huxley
That Speck Of Dust
“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
— Paulo Coelho
Jump
He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand by and watch.
– Jean-Luc Godard.
For Good Measure
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
– Albert Einstein
Simplicity
It is no bad thing to
celebrate a simple life.
– J.R.R. Tolkien