Josh Kaufman

Pablo Picasso, cubist painter and sculptor:
“You must always work not just within but below your means. If you can handle three elements, handle only two. If you can handle ten, then handle five. In that way the ones you do handle, you handle with more ease, more mastery and you create a feeling of strength [...]

Epictetus, Greek Stoic philosopher:
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those that he has.”

John Steinbeck, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, in East of Eden:
“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, [...]