Career Advice
e.e. cummings
To be nobody-but-yourself—in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else—means to fight hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ~e.e. cummings
Arnold Toynbee
The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. ~Arnold Toynbee
Joseph Campbell
A bit of advice given to a young Native American at the time of his initiation: “As you go the way of life, you will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think.” ~Joseph Campbell
Erica Jong
I write lustily and humorously. It isn’t calculated; it’s the way I think. I’ve invented a writing style that expresses who I am. ~Erica Jong
George Harrison
Heaven and hell is right now . . . You make it heaven, or you make it hell, by your actions. ~George Harrison
John Steinbeck
We spend our time searching for security, and hate it when we get it. ~John Steinbeck
Sydney Smith
Men whose trade is rat-catching love to catch rats; the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with delight; the suppressor is gratified by finding his vice. ~Sydney Smith
Albert Schweitzer
One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. ~Albert Schweitzer