Solitude destroys character

“One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.” Stendhal

Learn about "z" from Einstein

“If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z.

Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.” Albert Einstein

Truth remains to be truth

"The truth is incontrovertible.
Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it,
malice may distort it, but there it is." Winston Churchill

How true

"Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness." Don Marquis

Money bring possibilities

"Money can't buy you happiness,

but it helps you look for it in a lot more places." Milton Berle

Everything requires sacrifices

" - 音楽のせいでなくしたものってありますか？

「ないです」
彼女はすぐに返した。

- それは素晴らしい。でも、本当にない？

「もちろん椎名林檎として、仕事で音楽をやってきたからこそなくしたものは、
正直に言えば数え切れないほどあるとは思う。思うんですけど・・・・・・」
やや詰まった後に、彼女はこう結んだ。

「でも、それ以上に得るものが多かったっていうか、そう思いたいから。
たとえ数値でそれが計れたとしても、余りあるって私は信じたい。
これで今の質問への答えにさせてください」
暫し耳の奥に残る、音楽のような言葉だった。 "
- Interview with Sheena Ringo, SWITCH

Sometimes words cannot convey everything

"If you understood everything I said, you'd be me." Miles Davis

Focusing on the possible

"Life is an ocean of impossible troubles - so let's focus on the possible. " NHK Eigo de Shaberanight

Know your limits

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt

True voice of our heart

“Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.” Gore Vidal

Know evil

"Without evil, we will never recognize good." In Hell, the Movie

Know you know nothing

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” Socrates

Success, the seducer

"Success is a lousy teacher.
It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." Bill Gates

Genius, a bundle of experiences

" I'm not a genius.
I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience." R. Buckminster Fuller

Move

"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person." Mother Theresa

Small things lead to strength

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." Mother Theresa

Failure and success

" It's how you deal with failure that
determines how you achieve success. " - David Feherty

Rough seas

" A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. "

Differences

" Strength lies in DIFFERENCES,
not in SIMILARITIES. " - Stephen Covey

Never give up

" Giving up is a start to death. " - Lara A. "La Busqueda"