Commonplace Quote by Jose Ortega y Gasset

What we have to discover for ourselves leaves behind in our mind a pathway that can be used on another occasion.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

We sabotage our creative possibilities because the world revealed by our imagination may not fit well with the life we have taken so much…

— David Whyte

We are most creative and sense other possibilities that transcend our ordinary experience when we leave ourselves behind.

— Karen Armstrong

We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity. When we get home, home is still the…

— Jonah Lehrer

“We are often lost in our thoughts and only superficially in touch with the reality and intensity of our inner and outer experiences. How…

— Joel Levey

“The more time you spend mapping out an approach, the more likely you are to get attached to it. The nonworking idea gets worn…

— Ed Catmull

Obstacles are found everywhere, and in overcoming them we nourish ourselves.

— David Belle

To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up…

— Anne Lamott

Living from our deepest understanding requires an enormous effort, especially when it goes against the stream of our instinctually programmed perceptions of the world.

— Stephen Batchelor

“The more externalized we are, the more sensations and distractions there must be, and this gives rise to a mind that is never quiet,…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Only an open mind still has room for new knowledge. What is outgrown and used up must be discarded to make room for what…

— Robert Fulghum

Human thinking envelope the world with mystery

— You'ng Micky M'yzzy