Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infinitesimal hairline between an all-powerfully causative past and an absorbingly important future. We have no present. Our consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not realize that there never was, is, nor will be any other experience than present experience. We are therefore out of touch with reality. We confuse the world as talked about, described, and measured with the world which actually is. We are sick with a fascination for the useful tools of names and numbers, of symbols, signs, conceptions and ideas.
The only thing more destructive to your life than setting goals that are out of alignment with your values is setting no goals at all. - Charles J. Givens
Think of the cost of hiring out mundane maintenance as an investment, not an expense. - Charles J. Givens
Bull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell. - John Templeton
For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity. - John Templeton
Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it. - Harry Browne
Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything. - Harry Browne
The police can't stop an intruder, mugger, or stalker from hurting you. They can pursue him only after he has hurt or killed you. Protecting yourself from harm is your responsibility, and you are far less likely to be hurt in a neighborhood of gun-owners than in one of disarmed citizens - even if you don't own a gun yourself. - Harry Browne
And it's time we pay attention because we are the ones who are going to shape the direction that reality goes. So the choice is upto you, it's upto each other. - Max Igan
Say you prove the stars are here and the stars are there. Whatever. Can you get there? Does it matter? Why don't you just enjoy looking at them, they're beautiful. - Max Igan
If you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
