Mostly on Purpose

Sometimes if you just keep pedaling, everything else breaks away, falls away. If you keep pedaling,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:46:58 -0400

Sometimes if you just keep pedaling, everything else breaks away, falls away. If you keep pedaling, the mind quiets down.

- Lovely Bicycle

Wouldn’t you be SO angry if you quit skydiving to be “safer,” and then, the day after you did, you...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:44:00 -0500

Wouldn’t you be SO angry if you quit skydiving to be “safer,” and then, the day after you did, you were hit by a pie truck and killed?

- Peter Shankman

Modernity is not necessarily secularizing; it is necessarily pluralizing. Modernity is characterized...

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:26:00 -0500

Modernity is not necessarily secularizing; it is necessarily pluralizing. Modernity is characterized by an increasing plurality, within the same society, of different beliefs values, and worldviews.

- Peter Berger

One should be very reluctant to abandon guideposts that have served one well just because...

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:36:56 -0500

One should be very reluctant to abandon guideposts that have served one well just because they’ve moved in an inconvenient way.

- R.A.

Small things can lead to bigger things. But you have to do the right small things. - Chris...

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:00:40 -0400

Small things can lead to bigger things. But you have to do the right small things.

- Chris Guillebeau

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If you need a machine and don’t buy it, you will ultimately find that you have paid for it and...

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:52:39 -0400

If you need a machine and don’t buy it, you will ultimately find that you have paid for it and don’t have it.

- Henry Ford

I learned quite early on: don’t get too excited, don’t get too complacent, don’t get too...

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:32:07 -0400

I learned quite early on: don’t get too excited, don’t get too complacent, don’t get too egotistical.

- Tim Burton

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Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:41:17 -0400

Sometimes we speak in two different languages, - that certainly doesn’t mean the other person...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:30:16 -0400

Sometimes we speak in two different languages, - that certainly doesn’t mean the other person is crazy!

We just have to make sure we are understanding each other.

- Veronica Fish

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Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:32:49 -0400

If your attitude is that only smarter people have something to teach you, your learning...

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:02:02 -0400

If your attitude is that only smarter people have something to teach you, your learning opportunities will be very limited. But if you have a humble eagerness to learn something from everybody, your learning opportunities will be unlimited.

- Clayton M. Christensen

It’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the...

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:01:14 -0400

It’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time.

- Clayton M. Christensen

And it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back, so shake him off. - “Shake It...

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:48:34 -0400

And it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back, so shake him off.

- “Shake It Out” by Florence + The Machine

Do we have the courage to face the realities of our time? And allow ourselves to feel deeply enough...

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:51:36 -0400

Do we have the courage to face the realities of our time? And allow ourselves to feel deeply enough that it transforms us and our future?

- Chris Jordan

I learned the hard way that it’s much better to judge people by their own standards rather...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:54:20 -0400

I learned the hard way that it’s much better to judge people by their own standards rather than by mine.

- Tynan

All you can really do in life is change yourself, and that’s hard enough. - Simon Amstell

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:52:23 -0400

All you can really do in life is change yourself, and that’s hard enough.

- Simon Amstell

Overwork doesn’t burn people out per se, but it’s doing that without knowing the things...

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:01:00 -0400

Overwork doesn’t burn people out per se, but it’s doing that without knowing the things that replenish you.

- Michael Leiter

Several hours and a cheeseburger later, I am now clutching my aching legs, reaching for...

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:19:07 -0400

Several hours and a cheeseburger later, I am now clutching my aching legs, reaching for Ibuprofen, and complaining - but also feeling deliciously alive.

- Velouria