To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold. 

 ~ Unknown

I kissed her neck and shoulders. I felt faint with loving her so much.

~ Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

My life used to be full of everything. Now if you aren't with me I haven't a thing in the world. 

~ Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.

~ C. S. Lewis

The differentiator

The biggest factor for success in any pursuit:  

     Consistency  

 It can be the smallest, seemingly insignificant habit 

 But if you do it everyday, those results compound 

 Very few people have that level of consistency and discipline  

 It will set you apart 

~ Mackenzie Smith

The man makes a good point

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

~ Plato

Working on it...

There are three things you have to know:

• What you desire

• What you believe

• What you have to do  

~ St. Thomas Aquinas

Meditating on this

The more you know, the more you realize how much you don’t know. 

The less you know, the more you think you know everything.  

Knowledge is humbling. Ignorance is arrogant.

~ Richard Feynman

Not a bit surprising...

If I said what I know about both candidates, they’d have to cancel the (2016) election. 

~ Jeffrey Epstein

Good advice!

Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't consider as food.

~ Michael Pollan

Aspirational!

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. 

Intelligence plus character - that is goal of true education.

~ Dr. Martin Luther King