Danielle LaPorte recently shared the quotes from her book The Fire Starter Sessions. Here are some of my favourites:
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you
—David Whyte, poet
People who earn the label “creative” are really just people who come up with more combinations of ideas, find interesting ones faster, and are willing to try them out. The problem is that most schools and organizations train us out of those habits. —Guy Kawasaki, Reality Check
A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both. —Lawrence Pearsall Jacks
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once. —Albert Einstein
In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. —Albert Schweitzer
Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people. —Albert Einstein
Of all the fires, love is the only inexhaustible one. – Pablo Neruda
Spiritual practice is returning again and again to softness. —Stephanie Dowrick, Seeking the Sacred
Your way begins at the other side.
Become the sky.
Take an axe to the prison wall.
Escape.
Walk out like someone suddenly born into color.
Do it now.
—Rumi
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. —Robert Hughes, art critic
If consensus is overrated, I think balance is, too. I have no interest in living a balanced life. I want a life of adventure. —Chris Guillebeau, The Art of Non-Conformity
In the end, the quest for balance is bogus.
Love your burdens. Love them hard. And when
your loves knock you down or your weak ankles
trip you up, stop worrying about balancing
— ’cuz you’re not— and bounce.
—Kelly Diels, Cleavage
The antidote to exhaustion isn’t rest. It’s wholeheartedness. —David Whyte, poet
Enough of these phrases, conceit and metaphors,
I want burning, burning, burning.
—Rumi
2 replies on “Fire Starting Quotes”
Splendid quotes! I particularly like the one by Robert Hughes. It makes me feel better about my lifelong self-doubts as an artist!
Agree totally about that one – impostor syndrome begone!