Ability Quote by Maria Popova

he cult of productivity has its place, but worshipping at its altar daily robs us of the very capacity for joy and wonder that…

— Maria Popova

Universal WiFi. Without a doubt. I am done with being on the train, not having internet. Or having spotty coverage. It's a fundamental need…

— Maria Popova

Because it is possible to create - creating one's self, willing to be one's self - one has anxiety. One would have no anxiety…

— Maria Popova

Life is a continual process of arrival into who we are.

— Maria Popova

But most weeks I've gone through 12 books, maybe even 15 some weeks, depending on the length. So I go through my long form,…

— Maria Popova

Curation is more than packaging-it is to help readers [discern] what is important in the world.

— Maria Popova

What is needed isn't merely tolerance but acceptance, wholehearted and unconditional.

— Maria Popova

I didn't really - at least intellectually and creatively - have a particularly compelling experience in college. But during my junior year, they made…

— Maria Popova

Be curious. Be constantly, consistently, indiscriminatel y curious.

— Maria Popova

To understand and be understood, those are among life's greatest gifts, and every interaction is an opportunity to exchange them

— Maria Popova

One of my jobs was at a start-up ad agency. They were trying to do things differently, work with socially conscious clients, and to…

— Maria Popova

You enrich people with creative resources, and over time, these Lego bricks that end up in their heads eventually build this enormous, incredible castle.

— Maria Popova