Fragments of Clarity

“People give up when the world seems to be against them, but that’s the point when you should push.”

–James Dyson

“Business success is all about identifying patterns.”

–Margaret Heffernan

“Sleep tight and angels watch over you.”

–MMM

3 steps forward and 2 steps back is still progress.

“…The A students work for the B students, the C students run the companies, and the D students dedicate the buildings.”

–The Mother of Paul Orfalea, Founder of Kinko’s

“When our wisdom exceeds our deeds, to what can we be compared? To a tree with many branches but few roots; a wind comes along and uproots the tree… But when our deeds exceed our wisdom, to what can we be compared? To a tree with many roots and few branches. Though all the winds of the world would come and blow against it, they would be unable to uproot the tree.”

–Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

“Accustom your tongue to say, ‘I do not know.’”

–Berachot

“Never despair.  But if you do, work on in despair.”

–Edmund Burke

“…Pay little attention to inner tanquility and peace of mind.  The feeling of ‘behold, I’ve arrived’ could well undermine the capacity to continue, suggesting as it does that the Infinite can be reached in a finite number of steps.  In fact, the very concept of the Divine as Infinite implies an activity that is endless, of which one must never grow weary.”

–Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

“A person must be very patient, even with himself.”

–Rebbe Nachman of Bratzlav