If you don’t have a good system for storing bad ideas, you probably don’t have one for filing good ones, either.
Serious efforts that produce things the world values need the support of a mind regularly released to leisure.
Instead of waking up and thinking about how tired you are, think about how good breakfast will be.
An active reader strategically catalogs his learning so he can benefit others in the future. You should always be preparing. Collect stories, quotes, and ideas as you read because you never know what the future holds. When opportunity arises, it’s too late to prepare.
Everything we read produces a ripple effect in our thinking, affecting all of our perceptions thereafter.
Having problems isn’t a problem. Thinking that having problems is a problem is a problem.