A Brief Mind Feed

"Be a good steward of your gifts. Protect your time. Feed your inner life. Avoid too much noise. Read good books, have good sentences in your ears. Be by yourself as often as you can. Walk." - Jane Kenyon

"I need the enchantment of creative work to help me forget life's mean pettiness." -Kierkegaard

“Bravery is always more intelligent than fear, since it is built on the foundation of what one knows about oneself: the knowledge of one’s strength and capacity, of one’s passion.” -Nicole Krauss to Vincent Van Gogh

“It is essential that we be convinced of the goodness of human nature, and we must act as though people are good.” -John Cage

"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind." -Bruce Lee