Quotes on Inspiration

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.

Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem

So now, from this mad passion Which made me take art for an idol and a king I have learnt the burden of error that it bore And what misfortune springs from man's desire... The world's frivolities have robbed me of the time That I was given for reflecting upon God.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

It's lack that gives us inspiration. It's not fullness.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.

The way to succeed is to double your error rate.

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.