Fortune is in your hands

“Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it’s the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others:We are merely born with the capability to do it.
The skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.” — Goethe

Earth is a living entity

The Power of Negative Thinking

Really interesting…

Both ancient philosophy and modern psychology suggest that darker thoughts can make us happier, writes Oliver Burkeman.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324705104578147333270637790.html?mod=WSJ_hp_us_mostpop_read

Music from garbage?

We have lots of things, and we use what we don’t have as an excuse for doing nothing.
Other people really have nothing than garbage, but they use it to make miracles.
To listen Bach played on a cello made from garbage is… well… moving? unbeliavable?
No words, only music.

The Fountainhead – Howard Roark Speech

One of the best speeches of all the time. Ayn Rand rules…

Some sentences from the speech:

Roark: Your Honor, I shall call no witnesses. This will be my testimony and my summation.

Judge: Take the oath. Read more

The lesson of the moth

“…that is what life is for
it is better to be a part of beauty
for one instant and then to cease to
exist than to exist forever
and never be a part of beauty…”
Don Marquis

Silence

Rules & Exceptions

“The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Fantastic commercial

Wow!
One of the best commercial in the history of advertising.
Perfect. Unmissable!