The Clarity Blog

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.” – Toni Morrison

“Our heads are round so that thought can change direction.” – Allen Ginsberg

“We’re all born into a story that is already in progress.” – Debbie Kates

“Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” – William Pollard

“We don’t all agree on everything, but we agree on Aretha.” – Reverend Al Sharpton, speaking at Aretha Franklin’s funeral.

“You don’t get lucky without preparation, and there’s no sense in being prepared if you’re not open to the possibility of a glorious accident.” – Twyla Tharp

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” – Dorothy Parker

“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.” – Oscar Wilde

“No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.” – Alan Watts

“Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” – Elna Baker

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou

“I want to be a force for real good. In other words. I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.” – John Coltrane

“Our best hope for the future is not to get people to think of all humanity as family – that’s impossible. It lies, instead, in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we don’t empathize with distant strangers, their lives have the same value as the lives of those we love.” – Paul Bloom

“There’s an alternative. There’s always a third way, and it’s not a combination of the other two ways. It’s a different way.” – David Carradine

“People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.” – Marianne Williamson

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” – Buckminster Fuller