Da Vinci gave birth to a tradition that resulted in the modern discipline of “brainstorming.” Prior to Da Vinci the concept of “creative thinking” as an intellectual discipline didn’t exist.
A champion views resistance as a gift of energy.
Over-seriousness is a warning sign for mediocrity and bureaucratic thinking. People who are seriously committed to mastery and high performance are secure enough to lighten up.
The most advanced, creative and original thinking is always a product of historical context and the influences of previous geniuses, mentors, and collaborators on the mind of the originator.
As you embrace the process-oriented approach described in The Practicing Mind, you’ll achieve better results in any endeavor.
A new and speculative idea, which although it may seem trivial and almost laughable, is nonetheless of great value in quickening the spirit of invention.
How does your experience of one sense affect all the others? In addition to being the conduits of pleasure and pain, your senses are the midwives of intelligence.
Surrounded by noises from televisions, airplanes, subways and automobiles, most of us ‘tune out’ for self-protection.
You can change your life by changing the way you think about yourself and your potential.
Intuition is the art of listening, with an inner ear, to the rhythms and melodies of your own “body music.” T.
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young. – BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
The great physician, humanitarian and Nobel laureate Albert Schweitzer explained, “The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live.
Life is an adventure in forgiveness. – NORMAN COUSINS.
Walking is the best possible exercise. – THOMAS JEFFERSON.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. – EPICTETUS, Greek philosopher.
True humility emerges from a sense of wonder and awe. It’s an appreciation that our time on earth is limited but that there’s something timeless at the core of every being. Embracing humility liberates us from the egotism that drives both perfectionism and self-sabotage, opening us to a deeper experience of self-worth.
Education is the best provision for old age. – ARISTOTLE.
Benjamin Franklin cautioned, “When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old. – WILLIAM JAMES.
As playwright Wilson Mizner observed, “A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.