Words of Meaning

Wooden staircase with a floral carpet runner in a house interior.

I realized recently that what one thinks about in the shower in the morning is more important than I'd thought. I knew it was a good time to have ideas. Now I'd go further: now I'd say it's hard to do a really good job on anything you don't think about in the shower.

—Paul Graham

Far from being meaningless, the humdrum and the commonplace may actually hold the secret of life.

—Mike Mason

A hand holding a small white card with the handwritten phrase 'make more ART' against a dark textured background.

There are all kinds of cheat codes lying around, but they usually look boring. People will routinely ignore things that already work for the hope of a slightly easier path. The cheat code is the work you're avoiding.

—JAMES CLEAR

If you want to make something that truly changes the world —even in a small way —you need to be consumed by it.

—Zach Progob

Hand holding a pair of tortoiseshell sunglasses against a white wall

Happiness is in the quiet, ordinary things. A table, a chair, a book with a paper-knife stuck between the pages. And the petal falling from the rose, and the light flickering as we sit silent.

—Virginia Woolf

Person in a gray blazer holding tortoiseshell eyeglasses in front of a white curtain.

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself

—Virginia Wolfe